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Timber club getting unfortunate stain first (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

satinwood

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'timber' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'club getting unfortunate stain first' is the wordplay.
'club getting' becomes 'wood' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'unfortunate' indicates anagramming the letters.
'first' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'stain' with letters rearranged gives 'satin'.
'wood' put after 'satin' is 'SATINWOOD'.

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(Other definitions for satinwood that I've seen before include "Material valued for cabinetmaking" , "exotic tree?" , "Timber" , "tropical tree" , "Indian tree" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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