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Desire to get rid of power tool (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hoe

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'tool' is the definition.
(hoe is a kind of tool)

'desire to get rid of power' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'he' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for hoe that I've seen before include "Romanians (anag) -- European enclave" , "Purple gem" , "Garden implement" , "Tool; promontory" , "Weed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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