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Appliance repaired in Cheam (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

machine

'appliance' is the definition.
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'repaired in cheam' is the wordplay.
'repaired' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in'+'cheam'='incheam'
'incheam' with letters rearranged gives 'MACHINE'.

(Other definitions for machine that I've seen before include "Industrial worker" , "See 12" , "Chain me to power-driven apparatus" , "Powered mechanism" , "Mechanical or electrical device" .)

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