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In middle of barnyard, unload utensils - including this hose? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

nylons

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'in middle of barnyard unload utensils including this hose?' is the definition.
'nylons' can be an answer for 'hose?' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the remainder of the definition.

'in middle of barnyard unload utensils including this hose?' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'middle of' means to look at the middle letters.
'unload' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (I've seen 'unloaded' mean this (the content of the word is unloaded)).
'utensils' becomes 'ladles' (I've seen this in another clue).
'including this hose?' becomes 'on' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
The central letters of 'barnyard' are 'ny'.
'ladles' with its middle taken out is 'ls'.
'ny'+'ls'='nyls'
'nyls' placed around 'on' is 'NYLONS'.

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(Other definitions for nylons that I've seen before include "Hose" , "Silk-like stockings" , "Women's stockings made of synthetic material" , "Sheer stockings for women" , "Thin tights" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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