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Christopher and Edward are equipped (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kitted

'equipped' is the definition.
(kitting is a kind of equipping)

'christopher and edward' is the wordplay.
'christopher' becomes 'Kit' (short for Christopher).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'edward' becomes 'ted'.
'kit'+'ted'='KITTED'

'are' acts as a link.

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