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See one's furlough cut (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cleave

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'cut' is the definition.
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'see one's furlough' is the wordplay.
'see one's' becomes 'c' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'furlough' becomes 'leave' (I've seen this before).
'c'+'leave'='CLEAVE'

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(Other definitions for cleave that I've seen before include "Split as with axe" , "Unite together; split apart" , "Adhere - or chop as with axe" , "Open" , "Chop or split" .)

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