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Article that’s sharp at the edges? (7)

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cleaver

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'article that's sharp at the edges?' is the definition.
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'article that's sharp at the edges?' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'that's sharp' becomes 'clever' (I've seen this before).
'at the edges?' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters go round the edges of others).
'a' placed into 'clever' is 'CLEAVER'.

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(Other definitions for cleaver that I've seen before include "A butcher may use it" , "Hatchet for chopping meat" , "A clever sort of axe" , "Meat axe" , "Butcher's knife" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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