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Intertwined with material benefit (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

woven

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'intertwined' is the definition.
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'with material benefit' is the wordplay.
'with' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'material benefit' becomes 'oven' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'w'+'oven'='WOVEN'

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(Other definitions for woven that I've seen before include "created by Bottom?" , "Integrally included" , "Like the Web" , "Braided" , "Made by interlacing threads or strips of material" .)

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