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Shelf on which a chap has a phone? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

mantel

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'shelf on which' is the definition.
'mantel' can be an answer for 'shelf' (mantel is a kind of shelf). I'm not sure about the remainder of the definition.

'a chap has a phone?' is the wordplay.
'a chap' becomes 'man' (chap can mean a man).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a phone?' becomes 'tel'.
'man'+'tel'='MANTEL'

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(Other definitions for mantel that I've seen before include "Hilary?" , "Shelf above a fireplace" , "prize-winning novelist" , "Lament over fireplace structure" , "Award-winning author" .)

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