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Engineer putting in a seal, strip of sticky material (10,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

insulating tape

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'strip of sticky material' is the definition.
'insulating tape' can be an answer for 'strip' (insulating tape is a kind of strip). I am not certain of the 'of sticky material' bit.

'engineer putting in a seal' is the wordplay.
'engineer' is an anagram indicator.
'putting'+'in'+'a'+'seal'='puttinginaseal'
'puttinginaseal' anagrammed gives 'INSULATING TAPE'.

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(Other definitions for insulating tape that I've seen before include "binder?" , "Wrap for exposed electric wires" , "sticky strip" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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