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Cutters founder, overturned, with last two of five on board (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

knives

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'cutters' is the definition.
(knife is a kind of cutter)

'founder overturned with last two of five on board' is the wordplay.
'founder' becomes 'sink' (sinking is a kind of foundering).
'overturned' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'with last two of five' becomes 've' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on board' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are taken on board).
'sink' back-to-front is 'knis'.
'knis' going around 've' is 'KNIVES'.

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(Other definitions for knives that I've seen before include "Daggers" , "Weapons" , "Cutting instruments" , "Blades" , "Cutting tools" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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