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It's used for duplicating clients' letters (7)

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I believe the answer is:

stencil

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'it's used for duplicating' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'clients' letters' is the wordplay.
'letters' is an anagram indicator.
'clients' anagrammed gives 'STENCIL'.

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(Other definitions for stencil that I've seen before include "Create design" , "Cut sheet used for painting design through" , "It helps get uniform print-out" , "means of decoration" , "decoration? One must be cut out for it" .)

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