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Cut a corner in a window frame (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slash

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'cut' is the definition.
(I know that slash is a kind of cut)

'a corner in a window frame' is the wordplay.
'a corner' becomes 'l' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'a window frame' becomes 'sash' (I've seen this before).
'l' going inside 'sash' is 'SLASH'.

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(Other definitions for slash that I've seen before include "Cut; reduce drastically" , "Punctuation mark" , "Cut with sweeping strokes" , "Greatly reduce (prices)" , "Make sharp, long cut" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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