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First Saturday, busily votes for ranges (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stoves

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'for ranges' is the definition.
('stove' can be a synonym of 'range')

'first saturday busily votes' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'saturday' could be 's' and 's' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'votes' is 'toves' which is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for stoves that I've seen before include "Cooking appliances" , "Closed domestic structures for burning fuels" , "Domestic cookers" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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