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To cope so clumsily with medical instrument (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

otoscope

'medical instrument' is the definition.
(otoscope is a kind of medical instrument)

'to cope so clumsily' is the wordplay.
'clumsily' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to'+'cope'+'so'='tocopeso'
'tocopeso' anagrammed gives 'OTOSCOPE'.

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for otoscope that I've seen before include "Device for looking in ears" , "Lug instrument" , "Instrument for inspecting ears" , "It's used to examine ears" , "instrument coming close to a canal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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