Paul Mescal stripped off body parts (8)

I believe the answer is:

scapulae

'body parts' is the definition.
(scapula is a kind of body part)

'paul mescal stripped off' is the wordplay.
'stripped' says to take the centre (outside letters removed).
'off' is an anagram indicator.
The central letters of 'mescal' are 'esca'.
'paul'+'esca'='paulesca'
'paulesca' is an anagram of 'SCAPULAE'.

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