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Judge in Greece in the grip of the cheesemonger perhaps (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grater

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'the grip of the cheesemonger perhaps' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'judge in greece' is the wordplay.
'judge' becomes 'rate' (rating is a kind of judging).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'greece' becomes 'gr' (abbreviation).
'rate' put within 'gr' is 'GRATER'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for grater that I've seen before include "Kitchen device" , "Utensil for reducing to small particles" , "kitchen instrument" , "Kitchen implement (for cheese, nutmeg, etc.)" , "Device used on cheese, nutmeg, etc" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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