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Armour has to capture case for postie (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mailbag

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'case for postie' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'armour has to capture' is the wordplay.
'armour' becomes 'mail' (mail is a kind of armour).
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'to capture' becomes 'bag' (both can mean to secure or acquire).
'mail'+'bag'='MAILBAG'

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(Other definitions for mailbag that I've seen before include "carrier" , "Sack for carrying (American) letters" , "Postal sack" , "Sent down sewer's product" , "Sack for post" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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