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Dull reporter saying something cutting? (7)

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hacksaw

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'something cutting?' is the definition.
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'dull reporter saying' is the wordplay.
'dull reporter' becomes 'hack' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'saying' becomes 'saw' (saw is a kind of saying).
'hack'+'saw'='HACKSAW'

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(Other definitions for hacksaw that I've seen before include "cutting edge" , "something to cut copper?" , "One cuts" , "Toothed tool for cutting metal" , "metalworker may use?" .)

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