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Mineral left in box with iron lid (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

felspar

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'mineral' is the definition.
(felspar is a kind of mineral)

'left in box with iron lid' is the wordplay.
'left in' becomes 'l' (I've seen this in other clues).
'box' becomes 'spar' (sparring is a kind of boxing).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'iron lid' becomes 'fe' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'l'+'spar'='lspar'
'lspar' after 'fe' is 'FELSPAR'.

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(Other definitions for felspar that I've seen before include "Abundant mineral" , "Rock-forming mineral" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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