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Crete: place designed for a holdall? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

receptacle

'a holdall?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'crete place designed' is the wordplay.
'designed' indicates anagramming the letters (designed with the letters).
'crete'+'place'='creteplace'
'creteplace' with letters rearranged gives 'RECEPTACLE'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for receptacle that I've seen before include "Container" , "Object made to contain something" , "tank, say" , "Holder" , "bin, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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