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Foot in fixed position before toe is manipulated (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tootsie

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

'in fixed position before toe is manipulated' is the wordplay.
'in fixed position' becomes 'to' (as in a door which is 'to').
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'manipulated' indicates an anagram.
'toe'+'is'='toeis'
'toeis' anagrammed gives 'otsie'.
'to'+'otsie'='TOOTSIE'

(Other definitions for tootsie that I've seen before include "Part of foot" , "Film with Dustin Hoffman" , "Foot or toe (childish)" , "Funnily enough, foot" , "Child's word for toe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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