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Digger said to be made sexually unproductive (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spayed

'be made sexually unproductive' is the definition.

'digger said' is the wordplay.
'digger' becomes 'spade' (I've seen this before).
'said' shows a homophone (sound like).
'spade' sounds like 'SPAYED'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Another definition for spayed that I've seen is " Unable to produce".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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