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Predecessor can store nuts (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ancestor

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

'can store nuts' is the wordplay.
'nuts' indicates an anagram (nuts can mean crazy).
'can'+'store'='canstore'
'canstore' is an anagram of 'ANCESTOR'.

(Other definitions for ancestor that I've seen before include "descent comes from one" , "Enactors (anag)" , "Predecessor" , "One of one's forebears" , "Person from whom one is descended" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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