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Basket holding women's yarn (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crewel

'yarn' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'basket holding women's' is the wordplay.
'basket' becomes 'creel' (creel is a kind of basket).
'holding' indicates putting letters inside.
'women' becomes 'w'.
'creel' going around 'w' is 'CREWEL'.

(Other definitions for crewel that I've seen before include "Fine worsted yarn" , "Twisted yarn for tapestry or embroidery" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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