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Muscles contributing to physical fitness (4)

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I believe the answer is:

calf

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'muscles contributing to physical fitness' is the definition.
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'contributing to physical fitness' is the wordplay.
'contributing to' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (the answer contributes to part of the clue ).
'CALF' is hidden within 'physical fitness'.

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(Other definitions for calf that I've seen before include "Young moo-er" , "Is it above the ankle" , "Young animal associated with soft leather" , "Young bovine animal" , "stocking filler" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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