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Tissue a body needs, crying about private upset (8)

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I believe the answer is:

ligament

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'tissue a body' is the definition.
'ligament' can be an answer for 'tissue' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'a body' bit.

'crying about private upset' is the wordplay.
'crying' becomes 'lament' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'private' becomes 'GI' (GI can informally mean a US soldier).
'upset' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'gi' back-to-front is 'ig'.
'lament' going around 'ig' is 'LIGAMENT'.

'needs' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ligament that I've seen before include "Tough, bone-linking tissue" , "Joint connector" , "Tissue which joins bones" , "Link between bones or cartilages" , "sheet of tissue" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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