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Badger I treated for cut (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abridge

'cut' is the definition.
('abridge' can be a synonym of 'cut')

'badger i treated' is the wordplay.
'treated' indicates anagramming the letters.
'badger'+'i'='badgeri'
'badgeri' is an anagram of 'ABRIDGE'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for abridge that I've seen before include "Abbreviate, shorten" , "Concentrate" , "Cut short" , "Make shorter, book say" , "Big read (anag) - shorten text" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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