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Mischievous child lets the guys in with the tools (10)

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I believe the answer is:

implements

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

'mischievous child lets the guys in' is the wordplay.
'mischievous child' becomes 'imp' (imp can mean a misbehaving child).
'the guys' becomes 'men' (guy can mean a man).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'lets' placed around 'men' is 'lements'.
'imp'+'lements'='IMPLEMENTS'

'with' acts as a link.

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