Permanent wound mark (4)

I believe the answer is:

scar

(Other definitions for scar that I've seen before include "Evidence of an old cut?" , "Craggy rock formation" , "Cicatrice" , "Mark of healed cut" , "Skin blemish - bare crag" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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