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Shape second album during split (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sculpt

'shape' is the definition.
(sculpting is a kind of shaping)

'second album during split' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'album' becomes 'LP' (abbreviation for a long-play record).
'during' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'split' becomes 'cut' (synonyms).
'lp' inserted into 'cut' is 'culpt'.
's'+'culpt'='SCULPT'

(Other definitions for sculpt that I've seen before include "Carve (into artistic form)" , "Shape from stone or wood" , "Carve a statue" , "Oak fruit" , "Create by shaping a material" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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