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Cut on outside by blade reversed, so accurate (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

exact

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'accurate' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'cut on outside by blade reversed' is the wordplay.
'cut' becomes 'axe' (I've seen this before).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'outside by blade' becomes 'tc' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'reversed' is a reversal indicator.
'axe' put after 'tc' is 'tcaxe'.
'tcaxe' reversed gives 'EXACT'.

'so' is the link.

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(Other definitions for exact that I've seen before include "Precisely correct" , "As a right, demand" , "Faithful" , "on the money" , "Call" .)

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