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Out of hospital, damages limbs (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arms

'limbs' is the definition.
(arm is a kind of limb)

'out of hospital damages' is the wordplay.
'out of' is a deletion indicator.
'hospital' becomes 'h' (abbreviation for hospital on maps).
'damages' becomes 'harms' ('harm' can be a synonym of 'damage').
'harms' with 'h' taken out is 'ARMS'.

(Other definitions for arms that I've seen before include "Heraldic devices" , "Supplies weapons" , "Weapons, collectively" , "What the Venus de Milo lacks" , "International competition for weapons" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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