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Power behind punt, say, that's in beastly kicker's leg (7)

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I believe the answer is:

pastern

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'punt say that's in beastly kicker's leg' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'power behind' is the wordplay.
'power' becomes 'p' (symbol in physics).
'behind' becomes 'astern' (at the back or behind of a ship).
'p'+'astern'='PASTERN'

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(Other definitions for pastern that I've seen before include "Wrongly-defined part of horse" , "Word Johnson misdefined" , "Part of horse's foot" , "'The knee of an horse' (Johnson)" , "part of Arab's leg" .)

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