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Blade going round front and back of knife (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vane

'blade going round' is the definition.

'front and back of knife' is the wordplay.
'front' becomes 'van' (I've seen this before).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'back of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'knife' is 'e'.
'van'+'e'='VANE'

(Other definitions for vane that I've seen before include "Blade of a propeller" , "Indicator of wind direction" , "The weather-cock sounds conceited" , "Windmill sail in 30 across" , "Wind pointer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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