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Staff study family's kitchen implement (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mandoline

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'kitchen implement' is the definition.
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'staff study family's' is the wordplay.
'staff' becomes 'man' (as in staffing or manning a particular place).
'study' becomes 'do' (to 'do' a subject at university is to study it).
'family' becomes 'line' (one's lineage).
'man'+'do'+'line'='MANDOLINE'

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(Other definitions for mandoline that I've seen before include "dicing with this?" , "Slicing tool" .)

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