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Dog-ear she embroidered, holding end of cotton that's wound on a reel (6,4)

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I believe the answer is:

garden hose

'that's wound on a reel' is the definition.

'dog-ear she embroidered holding end of cotton' is the wordplay.
'embroidered' indicates an anagram.
'holding' is an insertion indicator.
'end of' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'cotton' is 'n'.
'dog'+'ear'+'she'='dogearshe'
'dogearshe' anagrammed gives 'gardehose'.
'gardehose' placed around 'n' is 'GARDEN HOSE'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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