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Fractured her spine? Left inside to restock? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

replenish

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'to restock?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I cannot see how one could define the other.

'fractured her spine? left' is the wordplay.
'fractured' is an anagram indicator.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'her'+'spine'+'l'='herspinel'
'herspinel' anagrammed gives 'REPLENISH'.

'inside' is the link.

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(Other definitions for replenish that I've seen before include "Refill or make complete again" , "Replace" , "Restore" , "Restock, refill" , "Help siren (anag) - fill up again" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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