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Crawler in charge of jelly (5)

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I believe the answer is:

aspic

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'jelly' is the definition.
(I know that aspic is a type of jelly)

'crawler in charge' is the wordplay.
'crawler' becomes 'asp' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in charge' becomes 'ic' (abbreviation for 'in charge').
'asp'+'ic'='ASPIC'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for aspic that I've seen before include "Savoury jelly for coating meats and eggs" , "Preservative jelly" , "Stock set with food" , "Lavender" , "Savoury meat or fish jelly" .)

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