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Tackles jeep cleverly and he makes very high repairs (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

steeplejack

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'he makes very high repairs' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'tackles jeep cleverly' is the wordplay.
'cleverly' indicates anagramming the letters (a clever or tricky version of the letters).
'tackles'+'jeep'='tacklesjeep'
'tacklesjeep' anagrammed gives 'STEEPLEJACK'.

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for steeplejack that I've seen before include "One working up tall structures" , "one used to effecting repairs aloft?" , "Climber of tall structures" , "One working at heights" , "Worker on tall chimneys etc" .)

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