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Limb heard to bend (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bough

'limb' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'heard to bend' is the wordplay.
'heard' shows a homophone (sound like).
'to bend' becomes 'bow' (bowing is a kind of bending).
'bow' sounds like 'BOUGH'.

(Other definitions for bough that I've seen before include "Main branch (of tree)" , "Substantial branch of a tree" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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