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Stole
from
a
milliner
and
acknowledged
public
approval?
(4,1,3)
Stole from a milliner and acknowledged public approval? (4,1,3)
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How the clue works
Look at acknowledged public approval? — that's your definition, the thing a performer does after the applause dies down. For the wordplay, Stole gives you TOOK, and from a milliner gives you A BOW, a bow being exactly the sort of thing you'd take from a hat-maker's wares. String them together and you've got TOOK plus A plus BOW.