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Metal barrel gents renovated (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tungsten

'metal' is the definition.
(I know that tungsten is a type of metal)

'barrel gents renovated' is the wordplay.
'barrel' becomes 'tun' (tun is a kind of barrel).
'renovated' indicates anagramming the letters.
'gents' is an anagram of 'gsten'.
'tun'+'gsten'='TUNGSTEN'

(Other definitions for tungsten that I've seen before include "Rare metallic element" , "Wolfram" , "Hard metal used in lamps etc" , "Hard metal used in steels" , "Chemical element, symbol W" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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