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Delilah perhaps cut hair, bit upset (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mantrap

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'delilah' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'cut hair bit upset' is the wordplay.
'cut' means to remove the last letter.
'hair' becomes 'mane' (mane is a kind of hair).
'bit' becomes 'part' (both can mean a piece of something).
'upset' is a reversal indicator.
'part' back-to-front is 'trap'.
'mane' with its last letter removed is 'man'.
'man'+'trap'='MANTRAP'

'perhaps' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for mantrap that I've seen before include "Seductress" , "something that ensnares folk" , "poacher may have been held" , "to catch trespassers" , "gin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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