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Oddly, skill shown by star, one making chips? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

silicon

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'one making chips?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'oddly skill shown by star' is the wordplay.
'oddly' means one should take alternating letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
'shown by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'star' becomes 'icon'.
The alternate letters of 'skill' are 'sil'.
'sil'+'icon'='SILICON'

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(Other definitions for silicon that I've seen before include "Element occurring in sand" , "Computer chip element" , "Californian valley" , "Semiconducting element" , "Element used in making electronic chips" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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