Large hollow mostly genuine ancient bones? (5)

Independent Cryptic #11725 | 20 Across | 2024-05-09
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Large, hollow, mostly genuine ancient bones ? L <arg> E (“hollow” means all internal letters are dropped) + ECH <t> (=genuine, authentic; “mostly” means last letter is dropped); according to Chambers , “leech” is an archaic word for physician

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