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Son is mixed up with Arab in scrapes (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abrasions

'scrapes' is the definition.
('abrasion' can be a synonym of 'scrape')

'son is mixed up with arab' is the wordplay.
'mixed up with' indicates an anagram.
'son'+'is'='sonis'
'sonis' with its letters mixed up with 'arab' gives 'ABRASIONS'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Another definition for abrasions that I've seen is " scrapes".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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