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A handier shutter? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

closer

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'a handier shutter?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are comparative adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'shutter?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'shutter?' could be 'close' (shuttering is a kind of closing) and 'close' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for closer that I've seen before include "more precise" , "Nearer or more intimate" , "Nearer in time or space" , "Nearer or more penny-pinching" , "Less distant" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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