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Dash! There's coal in it! (7)

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scuttle

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(Other definitions for scuttle that I've seen before include "fuel container" , "container for nuts" , "Rush" , "Ruin" , "Sink one's ship deliberately" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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