Crossword Genius

Raw wound originally ignored (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

naked

'raw' is the definition.
(I know that raw can be written as naked)

'wound originally ignored' is the wordplay.
'wound' becomes 'snaked' (snake can mean to wind around like a snake).
'originally ignored' means to remove the first letter.
'snaked' with its initial letter taken off is 'NAKED'.

(Other definitions for naked that I've seen before include "Defenceless" , "Completely unclothed" , "Knead (anag.)" , "Without protection" , "Stark" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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