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Point in a cutter surprisingly cut! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

truncate

'cut' is the definition.
(I know that truncate is a type of shorten)

'point in a cutter surprisingly' is the wordplay.
'point' becomes 'n' (N is an example).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'surprisingly' is an anagram indicator (a surprising ordering of the letters).
'a'+'cutter'='acutter'
'acutter' anagrammed gives 'trucate'.
'n' going inside 'trucate' is 'TRUNCATE'.

(Other definitions for truncate that I've seen before include "Shorten by cutting off the top" , "Cut short" , "Dock" , "Make shorter by cutting off" , "Lop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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