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[xcutter]

Echo in some confused and gloomy state. (5) ????S Clear away marsupial and solicit a sale. (4-3) ??O? O?? Triggers the electrician pulled. (6) ?????S Grateful for any assistance with these!

[fiction-factory]

sparks?

[fiction-factory]

Ignore that as electrician is singular

[fiction-factory]

something off?

[cashier]

2. Root out?

[Mamyalynne]

2 Root out

Roo Tout

[fiction-factory]

roo tout

[Mamyalynne]

3 Levers?

[Captain2]

Sparks is slang for AN electrician

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/sparks

[xcutter]

Mamyalynne, root out now gives me ???R?S for the electrician one.

[Mamyalynne]

Sparks it is then.

[fiction-factory]

Thanks. I 'pulled' my answer because I assumed it was a word for electricians plural but i do remember it now being a singular term also

[Mamyalynne]

It was 'pulled' that threw me.

[xcutter]

Thank you all for your help. Much appreciated.

[fiction-factory]

A slightly odd clue, I agree. i can see that triggers can be pulled. the pulled at the end seems odd. A better clue might have been "triggers pulled by electrician(s)"