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Father Edward's first in wood once more (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

afresh

'once more' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'father edward's first in wood' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'fr' (abbreviation as in a priest's title).
'edward's first' becomes 'e' (1st letter of 'edward').
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'wood' becomes 'ash' (wood from an ash tree).
'fr'+'e'='fre'
'fre' going within 'ash' is 'AFRESH'.

(Other definitions for afresh that I've seen before include "Newly" , "Academy award" , "In a new way" , "Anew, from the beginning" , "In a different way" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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