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Brought over enough tasty clams, extracting innards with sharp tool (6)

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scythe

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'tool' is the definition.
(scythe is a kind of tool)

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(Other definitions for scythe that I've seen before include "Mowing instrument" , "Old mowing implement for hand use" , "Cut down - grass-cutting implement" , "Reaping implement" , "Old hand-held cutter of hay" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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