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The weak half of a bar (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

frail

'the weak' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'half of a bar' is the wordplay.
'half' indicates taking half.
'a bar' becomes 'rail' (rail is a kind of bar**).
'of' with half the letters taken is 'f'.
'f'+'rail'='FRAIL'

(Other definitions for frail that I've seen before include "Puny" , "Delicate, fragile" , "Decrepit" , "Easily destroyed" , "Weak and infirm" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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