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See, among the gashes from the blows (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clouts

'the blows' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Informal blows ' mean 'clouts' so perhaps 'blows' could also mean 'clouts')

'see among the gashes' is the wordplay.
'see' becomes 'lo' (archaic word meaning 'look!').
'among' indicates putting letters inside.
'the gashes' becomes 'cuts' ('cut' can be a synonym of 'gash').
'lo' put into 'cuts' is 'CLOUTS'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for clouts that I've seen before include "Blows, cuffs" , "Informal blows" , "Blows, perhaps around the ears" , "Patches" , "strikes" .)

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