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Option for better tablets following wrench (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yankee

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'option for better' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'tablets following wrench' is the wordplay.
'tablets' becomes 'EE' (two E's - E can mean an Ecstasy tablet).
'following' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'wrench' becomes 'yank' (I've seen this before).
'ee' after 'yank' is 'YANKEE'.

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(Other definitions for yankee that I've seen before include "- - Doodle, song" , "Informal American, a doodle dandy" , "American (loosely)" , "A bet; US Federal soldier" , "US northerner to a southerner" .)

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