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Was prepared from sound wood (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

would

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'was prepared' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'sound wood' is the wordplay.
'sound' shows a homophone (sound like).
'wood' sounds like 'WOULD'.

'from' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for would that I've seen is " If only".)

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