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Right iPhone broken, and no case for phone charger (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rhino

'charger' is the definition.
(rhinoceroses charge)

'right iphone broken and no case for phone' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'right' could be 'r' (common abbreviation) and 'r' is found within the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found in the answer.
'no' could be 'o' (O resembles 0) and 'o' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'hi' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

(Other definitions for rhino that I've seen before include "Fierce beast (abbr.)" , "Powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate, informally" , "thick-skinned creature" , "Horned beast (abbr.)" , "Hi, Ron, this animal is abbreviated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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