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Demonstrating skill, having left some pottery (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

delft

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'some pottery' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'demonstrating skill having left' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'left' is 'elft' which is located in the answer.
A single letter 'd' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for delft that I've seen before include "Style of earthenware" , "Dutch pottery town" , "Glazed earthenware, usually white with blue decoration" , "A type of earthenware" , "Dutch town - tin-glazed earthenware" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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