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Crazy man will make concise container (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nutshell

'concise container' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'crazy man will' is the wordplay.
'crazy' becomes 'nuts' (I've seen this before).
'man' becomes 'he'.
'will' becomes 'll'.
'nuts'+'he'+'ll'='NUTSHELL'

'make' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for nutshell that I've seen before include "Fruit's woody covering" , "One on almond" , "Concise container" , "It holds the kernel (or summary?)" , "Briefly, in one of these" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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