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One spelt with a choice of letters? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

word

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'one spelt' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

'with a choice of letters?' is the wordplay.
'with' becomes 'w' (short for with).
'a choice of letters?' becomes 'ord' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'w'+'ord'='WORD'

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(Other definitions for word that I've seen before include "See 21" , "Message" , "The Bible is the . . . . of God" , "Brief statement" , "Statement; signal" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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