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Fine good-for-nothing over blade (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fretsaw

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'blade' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'fine good-for-nothing over' is the wordplay.
'fine' becomes 'f' (abbreviation in pencil classifications).
'good-for-nothing' becomes 'waster'.
'over' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'waster' backwards is 'retsaw'.
'f'+'retsaw'='FRETSAW'

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(Other definitions for fretsaw that I've seen before include "Woodcutter" , "Fine-toothed tool" , "Woodworking tool" , "Tool for cutting designs in wood" , "cutter" .)

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