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Costumier lost three coats and jewellery in the dryer?
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THE MISSING PIECE
Costumier lost three coats and jewellery in the dryer?
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THE ANSWER
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The definition
Our definition here is 'in the dryer?', and our answer will be a word that could describe something in the dryer. Some lateral thinking is required, as signified by the question mark.
The wordplay
Deletion
This clue's fodder is 'Costumier' and 'jewellery'. We'll need to find a substitute for one of these along with the letters of the other (or some of them) to construct our answer as guided by the clue's indicator(s).
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