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Personally crafted by female attendant discounting one note (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

handmade

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'personally crafted' is the definition.
'handmade' can be an answer for 'crafted' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'personally' bit.

'female attendant discounting one note' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'an' (an apple is one apple) and 'an' is found in the answer.
'note' could be 'e' (musical note) and 'e' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'by' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for handmade that I've seen before include "no machine involved" , "It could describe antique" , "superior wear" , "Manually crafted" , "Produced with craftsmanship" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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