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Part of leg the person speaking in a part raised (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tibia

'part of leg' is the definition.
('tibia' is part of 'leg')

'the person speaking in a part raised' is the wordplay.
'the person speaking' becomes 'i' ('I' refers to the person who says it).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'part' becomes 'bit' (both mean a piece of something).
'raised' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'a'+'bit'='abit'
'i' placed inside 'abit' is 'aibit'.
'aibit' backwards is 'TIBIA'.

(Other definitions for tibia that I've seen before include "Bone in osso bucco" , "part of skeleton" , "Part of leg of" , "Shin bone" , "ancient pipe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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