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Servant to take in nuts I'll crack (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

housemaid

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'nuts i'll crack' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'servant to take in' is the wordplay.
'servant' becomes 'maid' (maid is a kind of servant).
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'take in' becomes 'house'.
'maid' after 'house' is 'HOUSEMAID'.

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(Other definitions for housemaid that I've seen before include "girl with bad knee?" , "scrubber" , "menial role" , "Help" .)

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