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Piece of office equipment tangles up, if misused (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

staple gun

'piece of office equipment' is the definition.
(I know that staple gun is a type of office supply)

'tangles up if misused' is the wordplay.
'if misused' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tangles'+'up'='tanglesup'
'tanglesup' anagrammed gives 'STAPLE GUN'.

(Other definitions for staple gun that I've seen before include "Tool for inserting fasteners" , "One that fires those fixing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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