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It's easy to put letters in a file (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

facile

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'it's easy' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'letters in a file' is the wordplay.
'letters' becomes 'ac' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'ac' going into 'file' is 'FACILE'.

'to put' is the link.

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(Other definitions for facile that I've seen before include "Oversimplified" , "Simplistic" , "Superficial - glib" , "Over-simple, superficial" , "Arrived at without due care or effort" .)

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