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Part of hearing involves a murder (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eardrum

'part of hearing' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'involves a murder' is the wordplay.
'involves' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'murder'='amurder'
'amurder' with letters rearranged gives 'EARDRUM'.

(Other definitions for eardrum that I've seen before include "Vibrating membrane in the head" , "Ear membrane" , "Aural membrane" , "Rude ram (anag.)" , "Hearing membrane" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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