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A short stick found during search of burial site (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

catacomb

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'burial site' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a short stick found during search' is the wordplay.
'short stick' becomes 'tac' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'found during' is an insertion indicator.
'search' becomes 'comb' (combing is a kind of searching).
'a'+'tac'='atac'
'atac' put within 'comb' is 'CATACOMB'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for catacomb that I've seen before include "Underground burial chamber" , "Place to bury" , "Burial chamber with vaulted tunnels" , "Burial-place" , "Underground network" .)

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