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Lubricates edges on gear's casing (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

greases

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'lubricates' is the definition.
('grease' can be a synonym of 'lubricate')

'edges on gear's casing' is the wordplay.
'edges on' means to remove the middle letters.
'casing' becomes 'eases' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'gear' with its middle removed is 'gr'.
'gr'+'eases'='GREASES'

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(Other definitions for greases that I've seen before include "One of those animal products" , "Lubricates" , "Bribes" .)

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