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Hide cereal grabbed by crazy king (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goatskin

'hide' is the definition.
(I know that goatskin is a type of hide)

'cereal grabbed by crazy king' is the wordplay.
'cereal' becomes 'oats' (type of cereal).
'grabbed by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are grabbed inside).
'crazy' is an anagram indicator.
'king' with letters rearranged gives 'gkin'.
'oats' put inside 'gkin' is 'GOATSKIN'.

(Other definitions for goatskin that I've seen before include "Hide Billy or Nanny" , "Type of leather - a song kit (anag)" , "Billy's hide?" , "Leather from nanny or billy?" , "Leather - wine holder of old" .)

I've seen this clue in the Best For Puzzles.
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