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Possibly slain with tacks (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nails

'tacks' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'possibly slain' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'slain' anagrammed gives 'NAILS'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for nails that I've seen before include "Horny plates of the digits" , "Slain with metal pins" , "Fixing spikes" , "Metal spikes" , "Fixes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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