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Awkwardly hold a newt in cloth (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hand towel

'cloth' is the definition.
(hand towel is a kind of cloth)

'awkwardly hold a newt' is the wordplay.
'awkwardly' indicates an anagram.
'hold'+'a'+'newt'='holdanewt'
'holdanewt' with letters rearranged gives 'HAND TOWEL'.

'in' is the link.

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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