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Miller works on bread-box and takes no risks? (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

plays safe

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'takes no risks?' is the definition.
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'miller works on bread-box' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'works' could be 'plays' (I have seen 'Dramatic works ' mean 'plays' so perhaps 'works' could also mean 'plays') and 'plays' is located in the answer.
'box' could be 'safe' (safe is a kind of box) and 'safe' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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