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Remove front from sheds with a wide cutting tool (7)

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I believe the answer is:

hacksaw

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'cutting tool' is the definition.
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'remove front from sheds with a wide' is the wordplay.
'remove front' becomes 'hacks' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'from' becomes 'by' (by can mean from a particular person).
'sheds' is a deletion indicator.
'with' becomes 'by' (both can mean close together).
'wide' becomes 'w' (abbreviation e.g. in cricket).
'by'+'a'+'w'='byaw'
'byaw' with 'by' removed is 'aw'.
'hacks'+'aw'='HACKSAW'

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(Other definitions for hacksaw that I've seen before include "something cutting" , "something to cut copper?" , "means of cutting lead article?" , "7 for metal" , "Metal-cutting tool" .)

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