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With fiddle, uncapped device (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

widget

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'device' is the definition.
(widget is a kind of device)

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(Other definitions for widget that I've seen before include "Small mechanical device" , "Device used in canned beer" , "object" , "gizmo" , "Gismo" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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