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Kind of knife with a curve, that is (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bowie

'kind of knife' is the definition.

'with a curve that is' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a curve' becomes 'bow' (bow is a kind of curve).
'that is' becomes 'ie' (synonyms).
'bow' next to 'ie' is 'BOWIE'.

(Other definitions for bowie that I've seen before include "Rock-based chameleon" , "Art rocker David" , "David --, singer" , "Dagger-knife" , "American frontiersman, killed at the Alamo, 1836" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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