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Superficial wound comes with it, first of cuts (8)

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I believe the answer is:

cosmetic

'superficial' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'wound comes with it first of cuts' is the wordplay.
'wound' is an anagram indicator (wound can mean twisted or turned around).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'first of cuts' becomes 'c' (1st letter of 'cuts').
'comes' after 'it' is 'itcomes'.
'itcomes' with letters rearranged gives 'cosmeti'.
'cosmeti'+'c'='COSMETIC'

(Other definitions for cosmetic that I've seen before include "Used to beautify face etc." , "Substance for beautifying the face (8)." , "Toiletry to beautify" , "improving superficial appearance" , "better looks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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