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Chap I healed with beautiful hands? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manicured

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'beautiful hands?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and 'hands?' are verbs, they are not in the same form of the verb.

'chap i healed' is the wordplay.
'chap' becomes 'man' (chap can mean a man).
'healed' becomes 'cured' ('cure' can be a synonym of 'heal').
'man'+'i'+'cured'='MANICURED'

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for manicured that I've seen before include "given quick treatment?" , "digitally enhanced?" , "well-groomed" , "Digitally processed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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