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Given tool inside that's specially selected (4-6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hand-picked

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'selected' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'given tool inside that's specially' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'tool' could be 'pick' (pick is a kind of tool) and 'pick' is located in the answer.
'given' could be 'handed' ('hand' can be a synonym of 'give') and 'handed' is present in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for hand-picked that I've seen is " Carefully selected".)

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