The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 2 plus 4 letter word LAY TO REST
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result LAY TO REST
- Inexpert way to collect rent in Bury
- Put down song as perceived by others?
- Gamble rent’s on time and put away in box?
- Broken tea trolleys the French abandoned in Bury
- Inter, bottom of league maybe snapping up variable European past peak
- Song couple heard with others in Bury
- Bury the French unknown soldiers in ordeal
- Bury is put first — and second! — of towns to be out of work
- Break seal, try to bury the dead
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The straight part
We know that "put away in box?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case put away in box? = lay to rest.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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