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Insane accompaniment for cheese (8)

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crackers

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'insane' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

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(Other definitions for crackers that I've seen before include "Thin biscuits for cheese" , "Not being sensible" , "Nutty - biscuits" , "Crazy (colloq.); biscuits" , "Crazy types" .)

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