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Twitcher stumbles across corncrake in the Borders (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

triceps

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'twitcher' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'stumbles across corncrake in the borders' is the wordplay.
'stumbles' becomes 'trips' ('trip' can be a synonym of 'stumble').
'across' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'corncrake in the borders' becomes 'ce' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'trips' placed around 'ce' is 'TRICEPS'.

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(Other definitions for triceps that I've seen before include "Green citrus fruit" , "army feature?" , "Source of uplifting strength" , "Upper-arm muscle" , "One stretches out an arm!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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