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Organ of an active kind, with a key part (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kidney

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'organ' is the definition.
(kidney is a kind of organ)

'an active kind with a key part' is the wordplay.
'an active' indicates anagramming the letters (the letters are active/moving).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a key part' becomes 'ey' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'kind' anagrammed gives 'kidn'.
'kidn'+'ey'='KIDNEY'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for kidney that I've seen before include "class" , "Bean-shaped organ" , "Character" , "Bodily organ" , "body part" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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