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Start on the equipment I installed (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

origin

'start' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'on the equipment i installed' is the wordplay.
'the equipment' becomes 'rig' (rig is a kind of equipment).
'installed' indicates putting letters inside.
'rig'+'i'='rigi'
'on' enclosing 'rigi' is 'ORIGIN'.

(Other definitions for origin that I've seen before include "Beginning (of species?)" , "Where axes cut" , "Source, derivation" , "Where X meets Y" , "spring" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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