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Daughter cutting a deck to deal with (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

address

'deal with' is the definition.
('address' can be a synonym of 'deal with')

'daughter cutting a deck' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'cutting' indicates putting letters inside (some letters cut their way into a word).
'deck' becomes 'dress' (I've seen this before**).
'a'+'dress'='adress'
'd' put into 'adress' is 'ADDRESS'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for address that I've seen before include "Place where someone lives" , "Speech - written on an envelope?" , "directions in window" , "Art" , "Place of abode" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Telegraph.
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