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Only two-thirds of cutlery put back, oh dear (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oops

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'oh dear' is the definition.
(both are said in recognition of a mistake)

'only two-thirds of cutlery put back' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ops' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for oops that I've seen before include "Exclamation on making obvious mistake" , "Clumsy me!" , "My bad" , "- - -a-daisy" , "Blunder explanation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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