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Son fixing weak part of foot? This offers something to help with knitting (8-5)

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I believe the answer is:

spinning-wheel

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'this offers something to help with knitting' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'son fixing weak part of foot?' is the wordplay.
'son' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son).
'fixing' becomes 'pinning' (pinning is a kind of fixing).
'weak' becomes 'w' (physics symbol as in W-boson).
'part of foot?' becomes 'heel' (heel is a part of the foot).
's'+'pinning'+'w'+'heel'='SPINNING-WHEEL'

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