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Harry Kane on top of Germany’s press (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

knead

'press' is the definition.
(kneading bread is pressing it)

'harry kane on top of germany's' is the wordplay.
'harry' indicates anagramming the letters (harry can mean to attack or spoil).
'on top of' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'germany' becomes 'd' (vehicle registration code for Deutschland).
'kane' is an anagram of 'knea'.
'knea'+'d'='KNEAD'

(Other definitions for knead that I've seen before include "Somehow work in" , "Work dough or massage flesh" , "Manipulate" , "Work flour into dough manually" , "Work (dough) into mass" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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