Cryptic crossword clue
Brutal ace found out, put in cell? 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word TRABECULA

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The straight part
We know that "cell" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cell = trabecula.
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What does TRABECULA mean?

TRABECULA noun
  1. A small supporting beam.
  2. A small mineralized spicule that forms a network in spongy bone.
  3. A fibrous strand of connective tissue that supports it in place.
  4. Either of a pair of movable appendages on the head, in front of the antennae, of some mallophagous insects.
  5. One of the fleshy columns, or columnae carneae, in the ventricle of the heart, to which the chordae tendineae are attached.
  6. A projection from the cell wall across the cell cavity of the ducts of certain plants.

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