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The staff to work wonders? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wand

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'the staff' is the definition.
(wand is a kind of staff)

'work wonders?' is the wordplay.
'work' becomes 'w' (physics abbreviation).
'wonders?' becomes 'and' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'w'+'and'='WAND'

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(Other definitions for wand that I've seen before include "Wizard's rod" , "Extremely angry" , "Magician's rod" , "Fairy's stick" , "Magician's accessory" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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