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Part of tent peg and rod lie around (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ridge pole

'part of tent' is the definition.
(horizontal pole at the top of a tent)

'peg and rod lie around' is the wordplay.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'around' is an anagram indicator.
'rod'+'lie'='rodlie'
'peg' after 'rodlie' is 'rodliepeg'.
'rodliepeg' with letters rearranged gives 'RIDGE POLE'.

(Other definitions for ridge pole that I've seen before include "camping requisite" , "Spine of tent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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