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Produced personally, according to the manual (8)

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I believe the answer is:

handmade

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'manual' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'produced personally according to' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'produced' could be 'made' ('make' can be a synonym of 'produce') and 'made' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'hand' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for handmade that I've seen before include "Not generated by machine" , "no machine involved" , "product of a real craftsman" , "It could describe antique" , "Produced with craftsmanship" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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