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Part of breathing apparatus to display intact, reportedly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

airhole

'part of breathing apparatus' is the definition.

'display intact reportedly' is the wordplay.
'display' becomes 'air' (I've seen this before**).
'intact' becomes 'whole' ('whole' can be similar in meaning to 'intact').
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'whole' is a homophone of 'hole'.
'air'+'hole'='AIRHOLE'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for airhole that I've seen before include "vent" , "breather?" , "may avoid suffocation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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