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Complete cane construction for delivery (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

utterance

'delivery' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'complete cane construction' is the wordplay.
'complete' becomes 'utter' (I've seen this before).
'construction' is an anagram indicator (answer constructed from certain letters).
'cane' anagrammed gives 'ance'.
'utter'+'ance'='UTTERANCE'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for utterance that I've seen before include "Word" , "Remark" , "Statement" , "one's said" , "Expression in speech" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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