A boy always safe with cooking equipment (8)

I believe the answer is:

peterpan

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'a boy always' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'safe with cooking equipment' is the wordplay.
'safe' becomes 'peter' (slang term for a safe).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'cooking equipment' becomes 'pan' (pan is a type of cooking utensil).
'peter'+'pan'='PETERPAN'

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