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A Pole employed by one casting Hook? (7,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fishing rod

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'one casting hook?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'a pole employed by' is the wordplay.
'a pole' becomes 'rod' (synonyms).
'employed' becomes 'fishing' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'rod' after 'fishing' is 'FISHING-ROD'.

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(Other definitions for fishing rod that I've seen before include "Angler's pole" , "Angler's equipment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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