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Fastener mending pants with glue! (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

staple gun

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'glue' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'fastener mending pants' is the wordplay.
'fastener' becomes 'staple' (staple is a kind of fastener).
'mending pants' becomes 'gun' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'staple'+'gun'='STAPLE GUN'

'with' acts as a link.

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

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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