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Cartoon
dog
bites
old
woman
clutching
cat
food
in
tins?
(4,6)
Cartoon dog bites old woman clutching cat food in tins? (4,6)
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How the clue works
Right, so food in tins? is your definition — think of tinned plum tomatoes on the shelf. For the wordplay, take PLUTO, the cartoon dog, and have him "bite" (that's your containment) MA, an old woman; but before he does, MA herself is clutching TOM, meaning a cat, tucked inside her. So you get PLU wrapped round M, then TOM, then A, then TO — string it all together and out pops the answer.