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Skeleton few mark or otherwise (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

framework

'skeleton' is the definition.
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'few mark or otherwise' is the wordplay.
'otherwise' is an anagram indicator.
'few'+'mark'+'or'='fewmarkor'
'fewmarkor' anagrammed gives 'FRAMEWORK'.

(Other definitions for framework that I've seen before include "Underlying structure" , "Structure, skeleton" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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