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Fellow shows agitation, losing women’s cutlery (5)

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I believe the answer is:

forks

'cutlery' is the definition.
(I know that forks is a type of cutlery)

'fellow shows agitation losing women's' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'F' (abbreviation - of a society etc.).
'shows agitation' becomes 'works' (as in getting worked up).
'losing' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'women' becomes 'w'.
'works' with 'w' removed is 'orks'.
'f'+'orks'='FORKS'

(Other definitions for forks that I've seen before include "shed tools" , "attacks two men at same time?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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