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Working on care for muscle attachment (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tendon

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

'working on care' is the wordplay.
'working' becomes 'on'.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'care' becomes 'tend' (I've seen this before).
'on' after 'tend' is 'TENDON'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tendon that I've seen before include "Muscle-bone link" , "Strong band of tissue connecting muscles" , "Link between bone and muscle" , "Strong cord of tissue connecting muscle" , "Tissue cord connecting muscle to bone" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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