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The horse was wounded, but mended (7)

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I believe the answer is:

cobbled

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'mended' is the definition.
(cobbling is a kind of mending)

'the horse was wounded' is the wordplay.
'the horse' becomes 'cob' (cob is a kind of horse).
'was wounded' becomes 'bled' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cob'+'bled'='COBBLED'

'but' is the link.

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(Another definition for cobbled that I've seen is " worked on last?".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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