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Order to carve damaged bone out of ham? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overact

'ham?' is the definition.
('overact' can be a synonym of 'ham')

'order to carve damaged bone' is the wordplay.
'order' becomes 'o' (abbreviation e.g. in British honours OM, OBE etc.).
'damaged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'bone' becomes 't' (I've seen this in other clues).
'carve' is an anagram of 'verac'.
'o'+'verac'+'t'='OVERACT'

'out of' is the link.

(Other definitions for overact that I've seen before include "Do what ham thespian does" , "pile it on" , "In part, fail to convince" , "behave exaggeratedly" , "Be excessive on stage" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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