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'skeleton' is the definition.
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This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for axial that I've seen before include "Going round with" , "Like a 22 Across" , "Forming a line of rotation" , "On a pivotal point" , "a couple of Poles?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Evening Standard, The Sun, The Guardian and the LA Times.
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