The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 5 letter word TEA CADDY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result TEA CADDY
- Area roughly inside toy container
- Note a carrier with more than one iron canister of gunpowder?
- Two things golfer wants, the first picked up in tin
- Box for China?
- Leaves in place meal for 6, 15 carrier
- Trapped by bear, a tiger briefly leaves container
- Perhaps Indian leaves stock, as recovery ends after dead cat bounces
- Leaves here to instruct parent heartlessly
- Leaves container of drink with golfer’s mate
- A tailless feline in toy box
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The straight part
We know that "canister of gunpowder" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case canister of gunpowder = tea caddy.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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