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Surgeon firstly uncovered wound (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snaked

'wound' is the definition.
(snaking is a kind of winding)

'surgeon firstly uncovered' is the wordplay.
'firstly' says to take the initial letters.
'uncovered' becomes 'naked' (I've seen this before).
The initial letter of 'surgeon' is 's'.
's'+'naked'='SNAKED'

(Another definition for snaked that I've seen is " wound".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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