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Structure of cell makes criminal groan at lifestyle mag (9)

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I believe the answer is:

organelle

'structure of cell' is the definition.
(structure within a cell in an organism)

'criminal groan at lifestyle mag' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates an anagram.
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'lifestyle mag' becomes 'Elle' (lifestyle magazine).
'groan' anagrammed gives 'organ'.
'organ'+'elle'='ORGANELLE'

'makes' acts as a link.

(Another definition for organelle that I've seen is " Specialised part of a cell".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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