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Working a lot with new claw (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

talon

'claw' is the definition.
(I know that talon is a type of claw)

'working a lot with new' is the wordplay.
'working' indicates an anagram.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'a'+'lot'='alot'
'alot' anagrammed gives 'talo'.
'talo'+'n'='TALON'

(Other definitions for talon that I've seen before include "Bird's claw" , "one that grips" , "E.g. hawk's claw" , "Claw of a bird of prey" , "Eg, an eagle's claw" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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