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Repellent wound covered by small firm plaster (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stucco

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'plaster' is the definition.
(I know that stucco is a type of plaster)

'repellent wound covered by small firm' is the wordplay.
'repellent wound' becomes 'tuc' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'covered by' says to put letters next to each other (on top of in a down clue).
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'firm' becomes 'co' (a firm is a company).
'tuc' put after 's' is 'stuc'.
'stuc'+'co'='STUCCO'

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(Other definitions for stucco that I've seen before include "Plaster used for moulding and decorating" , "Fine plaster used on wall surfaces" , "Coating material" , "Fine plaster for decoration" , "Fine type of plaster" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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