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Sort of hammer everyone's come across outside (6)

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I believe the answer is:

mallet

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'sort of hammer' is the definition.

'everyone's come across outside' is the wordplay.
'everyone' becomes 'all' (all people).
'come across' becomes 'met' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'outside' indicates putting letters inside (some letters go outside others).
'all' placed within 'met' is 'MALLET'.

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(Other definitions for mallet that I've seen before include "Hammer for pegs or croquet" , "stick in Polo" , "Wooden-headed hammer" , "Wooden hammer used in polo" , "Hitting tool" .)

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