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Removes notes on steel production (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deletes

'removes' is the definition.
(deleting is a kind of removing)

'notes on steel production' is the wordplay.
'notes' becomes 'de' (two musical notes).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'production' is an anagram indicator.
'steel' anagrammed gives 'letes'.
'de'+'letes'='DELETES'

(Other definitions for deletes that I've seen before include "Erases" , "Crosses out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and The Daily Express.
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