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This may reproduce letters from clients (7)

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I believe the answer is:

stencil

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'this may reproduce letters' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

'from clients' is the wordplay.
'from' is an anagram indicator (the anagram comes from the same letters).
'clients' is an anagram of 'STENCIL'.

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(Other definitions for stencil that I've seen before include "It helps get uniform print-out" , "Design inked through perforated sheet" , "Reproduction device for clients" , "Cut-out pattern for applying paint" , "outline" .)

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