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Recoil from report about ruptured Romeo (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

boomerang

'recoil from' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'report about ruptured romeo' is the wordplay.
'report' becomes 'bang' (I've seen this before).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'ruptured' is an anagram indicator.
'romeo' is an anagram of 'oomer'.
'bang' enclosing 'oomer' is 'BOOMERANG'.

(Other definitions for boomerang that I've seen before include "Curved throwing stick" , "Australian throwing stick" , "Recoil from" , "Primitive weapon" , "Aboriginal throwing stick" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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