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Difficult to put nothing in a stockpile! (5)

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I believe the answer is:

hoard

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'a stockpile' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'difficult to put nothing in' is the wordplay.
'difficult' becomes 'hard' (synonyms).
'to put nothing' becomes 'o' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'hard' placed around 'o' is 'HOARD'.

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(Other definitions for hoard that I've seen before include "Store of money etc, often hidden" , "Rhoda (anag.)" , "Valuable store" , "A lot of people" , "Store, usually hidden" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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