Achilles, e.g. Crossword Clue

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HERO

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(noun)
1. a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment

Hint 2: Clue Definition

ACHILLES (noun)
1. a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable–his `Achilles’ heel’

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HERO
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