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Butchers in group combined talents (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

skill set

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'butchers' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'in group combined talents' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'group' becomes 'set' (set is a kind of group).
'combined talents' becomes 'kills' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'set' placed around 'kills' is 'SKILL SET'.

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(Another definition for skill set that I've seen is " capabilities".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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