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Burial fees? (5,7)

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grave charges

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'burial fees?' is the definition.
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'burial fees?' is the wordplay.
'burial' becomes 'grave' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fees?' becomes 'charges' (fee is a kind of charge).
'grave'+'charges'='GRAVE CHARGES'

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