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Words of wisdom with bite (4)

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I believe the answer is:

saws

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'words of wisdom' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'with bite' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'with' could be 'w' (short for with) and 'w' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sas' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for saws that I've seen before include "bladed items" , "Adages" , "Proverbs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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