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Step on edges of large pedal (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

treadle

'pedal' is the definition.
(I know that pedal can be written as treadle)

'step on edges of large' is the wordplay.
'step' becomes 'tread' (tread is a kind of step).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'edges of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'large' with its centre taken out is 'le'.
'tread'+'le'='TREADLE'

(Other definitions for treadle that I've seen before include "Rocking lever operated by foot" , "Bit of machine" , "Foot-pedal" , "(Machine's) foot-control" , "Foot lever that works a machine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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