Less bothered about the wood cuts (7)

I believe the answer is:

slashes

'cuts' is the definition.
(slash is a kind of cut)

'less bothered about the wood' is the wordplay.
'bothered' indicates an anagram.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'the wood' becomes 'ash' (ash is a kind of wood).
'less' is an anagram of 'sles'.
'sles' going around 'ash' is 'SLASHES'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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