Sawyer's rubbish leg-pull? On the contrary! (6)
I believe the answer is:
offcut
If this is the answer I cannot explain how the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for offcut that I've seen before include "Waste piece" , "Remnant for other uses" , "bit of stick?" , "Small bit of some material" , "waste material" .)