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Leaves are lumbered with the dynamite (6)

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I believe the answer is:

sticks

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'leaves are lumbered' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'with the dynamite' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'dynamite' becomes 'sicks' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
't' inserted into 'sicks' is 'STICKS'.

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(Other definitions for sticks that I've seen before include "basic furniture" , "''... and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me''" , "Old fogeys" , "Stands" , "potentially breaking our bones?" .)

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