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Kitchen things you finally shove in the sink, perhaps (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

knives

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'kitchen things' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'you finally shove in the sink perhaps' is the wordplay.
'you' becomes 'v' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'finally' says to take the final letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
The last letter of 'shove' is 'e'.
'v'+'e'='ve'
'sink' is an anagram of 'knis'.
've' put into 'knis' is 'KNIVES'.

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(Other definitions for knives that I've seen before include "Blades" , "Daggers" , "Cutters" , "Cutting implements" , "Cutting tools" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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