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Seller of hot goods stripped antique behind bars (7)

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I believe the answer is:

encaged

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

'seller of hot goods stripped antique' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'antique' could be 'aged' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'aged' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'enc' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for encaged that I've seen is " put behind bars".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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