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Box me up inside and dispose of the body (7)

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I believe the answer is:

cremate

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'dispose of the body' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'box me up inside' is the wordplay.
'box' becomes 'crate' (crate is a kind of box).
'up' indicates anagramming the letters (letters get chucked up).
'inside' indicates putting letters inside.
'me' anagrammed gives 'em'.
'crate' enclosing 'em' is 'CREMATE'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cremate that I've seen before include "Burn a body to ashes" , "Burn a corpse to ashes" , "set alight" , "Have a burn-up" , "Burn (a dead body)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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