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Small woman clutching end of that kitchen utensil (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spatula

'kitchen utensil' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'small woman clutching end of that' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'woman' becomes 'paula' (**).
'clutching' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'end of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'that' is 't'.
'paula' going around 't' is 'patula'.
's'+'patula'='SPATULA'

(Other definitions for spatula that I've seen before include "Paul sat (anag)" , "Tool with broad flexible blade - alas, put away" , "Kitchen implement with a flat, blunt blade" , "flat mixer" , "Broad spoon" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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