Took away bad cutters for adjustment (10)

I believe the answer is:

subtracted

'took away' is the definition.

'bad cutters for adjustment' is the wordplay.
'for adjustment' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'bad'+'cutters'='badcutters'
'badcutters' with letters rearranged gives 'SUBTRACTED'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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