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Predecessor can store bananas (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ancestor

'predecessor' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'can store bananas' is the wordplay.
'bananas' indicates anagramming the letters (informal term for mad).
'can'+'store'='canstore'
'canstore' with letters rearranged gives 'ANCESTOR'.

(Other definitions for ancestor that I've seen before include "Predecessor" , "one is up a tree" , "One of one's forebears" , "Antecedent, forebear" , "descent comes from one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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