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Crumbs near pig full of energy (2,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

by george

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'crumbs' is the definition.
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'near pig full of energy' is the wordplay.
'near' becomes 'by' (near means close by).
'pig' becomes 'gorge' (I've seen this before).
'full of' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mco).
'gorge' placed around 'e' is 'george'.
'by'+'george'='BY GEORGE'

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(Other definitions for by george that I've seen before include "exclamation of astonishment" , "Anne succeeded so" , "Fancy that" , "Goodness" , "Well I never" .)

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