Halfwit hires crooked bolt cutters? (9)

I believe the answer is:

clothiers

'bolt cutters?' is the definition.
(bolt can refer to a roll of fabric)

'halfwit hires crooked' is the wordplay.
'halfwit' becomes 'clot' (both can mean a stupid person).
'crooked' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hires' with letters rearranged gives 'hiers'.
'clot'+'hiers'='CLOTHIERS'

(Another definition for clothiers that I've seen is " Rich stole (anag) - tailors".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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