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Versatile eccentric pulls a rope (3-7)

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I believe the answer is:

all-purpose

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'versatile' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'eccentric pulls a rope' is the wordplay.
'eccentric' indicates an anagram.
'pulls'+'a'+'rope'='pullsarope'
'pullsarope' anagrammed gives 'ALL-PURPOSE'.

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(Another definition for all-purpose that I've seen is " Useful in many ways".)

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