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Remove top from bowl made of wood (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dishelm

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'remove top' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bowl made of wood' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'bowl' could be 'dish' (a bowl is a type of dish) and 'dish' is found in the answer.
'wood' could be 'elm' (elm is a type of tree) and 'elm' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for dishelm that I've seen before include "Take top off" , "Remove top" .)

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