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Trunk ultimately cut roughly (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

torso

'trunk' is the definition.
('torso' can be a synonym of 'trunk')

'ultimately cut roughly' is the wordplay.
'ultimately' says to take the final letters.
'roughly' becomes 'orso' ('or so' can be a synonym of 'roughly').
The final letter of 'cut' is 't'.
't'+'orso'='TORSO'

(Other definitions for torso that I've seen before include "Body without head, neck and limbs" , "Piece of bronze" , "Body's trunk" , "Body (excluding head, neck and limbs)" , "Trunk; headless, limbless body" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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