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Starters of eggs cooked on weekend in Holland at first-class chain (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

necklace

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

'starters of eggs cooked on weekend in holland at first-class' is the wordplay.
'starters of' suggests taking the first letters.
'on' is an insertion indicator.
'weekend in holland at' becomes 'nkl' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'first class' becomes 'ace'.
The first letters of 'eggs cooked' is 'ec'.
'ec' going into 'nkl' is 'neckl'.
'neckl'+'ace'='NECKLACE'

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(Other definitions for necklace that I've seen before include "Eg, a choker" , "Choker perhaps" , "Ornamental feature" , "One may get stoned!" , "Jewellery chain" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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