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Toboggan holding wood that's been cut (7)

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I believe the answer is:

slashed

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'cut' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'toboggan holding wood' is the wordplay.
'toboggan' becomes 'sled' (toboggan is a type of sled).
'holding' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'wood' becomes 'ash' (wood from an ash tree).
'sled' going around 'ash' is 'SLASHED'.

'that's been' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for slashed that I've seen before include "Cut or gashed with knife, being hassled" , "vandalised?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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