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Loot bag, bolted on top (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ransack

'loot' is the definition.
(I know that loot can be written as ransack)

'bag bolted on top' is the wordplay.
'bag' becomes 'sack' (both can mean a container).
'bolted' becomes 'ran' (I've seen this in another clue).
'on top' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go above others).
'sack' put after 'ran' is 'RANSACK'.

(Other definitions for ransack that I've seen before include "Plunder or turn upside down in search" , "Rummage, rifle" , "Go through a place causing damage and stealing things" , "Plunder - rummage" , "Search (a place) thoroughly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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