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Man has to press on, somehow, with production of cutlery (7,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dessert spoon

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'production of cutlery' is the definition.
'dessert spoon' can be an answer for 'cutlery' (I know that dessert spoon is a type of spoon). I am not certain of the 'production of' bit.

'man has to press on somehow' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'des' ().
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'to'+'press'+'on'='topresson'
'topresson' is an anagram of 'sertspoon'.
'des'+'sertspoon'='DESSERT SPOON'

'with' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for dessert spoon that I've seen is " it's needed for final course".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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