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Unfinished
Monster
Munches
regularly
account
for
fires
(7)
Unfinished Monster Munches regularly account for fires (7)
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How the clue works
fires is the definition (beacons being signal fires). 'Unfinished Monster' gives BEAS (beast with its last letter chopped off), which 'Munches' — i.e. contains — CON, the regular (even-positioned) letters of a-C-c-O-u-N-t, yielding BEA+CON+S.