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Single-handedly cutting through nonsense? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

baloney

'nonsense?' is the definition.
(baloney is a kind of nonsense)

'single-handedly cutting through' is the wordplay.
'single-handedly' becomes 'alone' (I've seen this in another clue).
'cutting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters cut their way into a word).
'through' becomes 'by'.
'alone' inserted into 'by' is 'BALONEY'.

(Other definitions for baloney that I've seen before include "Cobblers" , "Tosh" , "rhubarb" , "deceptive talk" , "foolish talk!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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