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Soldered pretty cream wire in a font (8,10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

american typewriter

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'soldered' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'pretty cream wire in a font' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'wire' is 'ewri' which is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'pretty' is 'typter' which is present in the left over letters.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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