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Respond concerning sheet of wood (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reply

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'respond' is the definition.
(I know that respond can be written as reply)

'concerning sheet of wood' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'concerning' could be 're' (both can mean on a particular topic) and 're' is present in the answer.
'sheet' could be 'ply' (ply is a kind of sheet) and 'ply' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for reply that I've seen before include "Reciprocate" , "Retort" , "Counter" , "response is demanded" , "acknowledgement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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