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Sponge enclosure has delicately tipped contents (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cadge

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'sponge' is the definition.
(I know that sponge can be written as cadge)

'enclosure has delicately tipped contents' is the wordplay.
'enclosure' becomes 'cage' (cage is a kind of enclosure).
'has' is an insertion indicator.
'delicately tipped contents' becomes 'd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cage' placed around 'd' is 'CADGE'.

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(Other definitions for cadge that I've seen before include "Go about begging, scrounge" , "Caged (anag.)" , "Scrouge, ask for" , "Sponge (eg money)" , "Bum" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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