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Fold paper cut by rogue cop with energy (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sheepcote

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'fold' is the definition.
(I know that fold can be written as sheepcote)

'paper cut by rogue cop with energy' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'cop' is 'pco' which is located in the answer.
'paper' could be 'sheet' (sheet is a kind of paper) and 'sheet' is located in the leftover letters.
'energy' could be 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2) and 'e' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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