Threaded fastener (5)

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screw

'threaded fastener' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for screw that I've seen before include "Hack" , "13ed fastener" , "Prison officer (slang)" , "Fastener; propeller" , "Tapered fastener with a slotted head" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday, The Mirror, the Evening Standard, the King Feature Syndicate, The Independent and the LA Times.

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