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He goes in first to get a gadget from the kitchen (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

opener

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'kitchen' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'he goes in first to get a gadget from' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'he' could be 'pen' and 'pen' is found in the answer.
'from' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'er' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for opener that I've seen before include "leading batsman" , "First going in to bat" , "Tins need one" , "First in batting order" , "initial goal" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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