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Kitchen implement is more efficient when cutting end of pork (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slicer

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This could be a double definition.

'kitchen implement' is the first definition.

'more efficient when cutting end of pork' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for slicer that I've seen before include "Machine for cutting, eg, ham" , "One making ball curve" , "Device for, eg, cutting eggs" , "Cutting implement" , "Kitchen utensil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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