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Note student, Slavic, worked around European bones (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clavicles

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'european bones' is the definition.
'clavicles' can be an answer for 'bones' (clavicle is a kind of bone). I'm not sure about the 'european' bit.

'note student slavic worked around' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'c' (musical note).
'student' becomes 'le' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'worked' indicates an anagram.
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'slavic' is an anagram of 'lavics'.
'le' put into 'lavics' is 'lavicles'.
'c'+'lavicles'='CLAVICLES'

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