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Engineer tangles up DIY tool (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

staple gun

'diy tool' is the definition.
(tool used in DIY projects)

'engineer tangles up' is the wordplay.
'engineer' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tangles'+'up'='tanglesup'
'tanglesup' is an anagram of 'STAPLE GUN'.

(Other definitions for staple gun that I've seen before include "One that fires those fixing" , "Tool for inserting fasteners" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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