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Scrape mark, small, on end of sleeve (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scuff

'scrape' is the definition.
(scuffing is a kind of scraping)

'small on end of sleeve' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'end of sleeve' becomes 'cuff' (I've seen this before).
's'+'cuff'='SCUFF'

'mark' is the link.

(Other definitions for scuff that I've seen before include "drag, while walking" , "Scrape (shoe, etc)" , "Scrape (eg, a shoe)" , "Scrape (shoes) when walking" , "Scrape (shoe leather)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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