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Plate lifted off one's trolley, US cookies (6,8)

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I believe the answer is:

animal crackers

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'us cookies' is the definition.
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'plate lifted off one's trolley' is the wordplay.
'plate' becomes 'lamina' (anatomical term for a plate or layer).
'lifted' says the letters should be written backwards (going up in down clue).
'off one's trolley' becomes 'crackers' (both can mean mad).
'lamina' in reverse letter order is 'animal'.
'animal'+'crackers'='ANIMAL CRACKERS'

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(Other definitions for animal crackers that I've seen before include "Picture" , "film" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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