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Parts of hearing as murder is dissected (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eardrums

'parts of hearing' is the definition.
(body parts for hearing)

'as murder is dissected' is the wordplay.
'is dissected' indicates an anagram.
'as'+'murder'='asmurder'
'asmurder' is an anagram of 'EARDRUMS'.

(Other definitions for eardrums that I've seen before include "auditors" , "Hearing membranes" , "Membranes that vibrate when sound strikes them" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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