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Not a word! More ruddy office equipment (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shredder

'office equipment' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'not a word more ruddy' is the wordplay.
'not a word' becomes 'sh'.
'more ruddy' becomes 'redder' ('red' can be a synonym of 'ruddy').
'sh'+'redder'='SHREDDER'

(Other definitions for shredder that I've seen before include "Document destroyer" , "one destroys paper" , "Destroyer of documents" , "Device for destroying documents" , "piece of office equipment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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