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Illegal hunter means to cook eggs? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

poacher

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'illegal hunter' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'to cook eggs?' is the wordplay.
'to cook' becomes 'poach' (poaching is a kind of cooking).
'eggs?' becomes 'er' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'poach'+'er'='POACHER'

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(Other definitions for poacher that I've seen before include "Illegal catcher of game" , "Person hunting game illegally" , "criminal" , "in the kitchen?" , "One at the game" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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