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Store roofless Jeep beneath lower deck (4)

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I believe the answer is:

keep

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'store' is the definition.
(I know that keep is a kind of store)

'roofless jeep beneath lower deck' is the wordplay.
'roofless' means to remove the first letter.
'beneath' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'lower deck' becomes 'k' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'jeep' with its initial letter removed is 'eep'.
'eep' after 'k' is 'KEEP'.

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(Other definitions for keep that I've seen before include "Hold - fortress" , "Remain" , "Hold - part of castle" , "Fort" , "Board and lodging" .)

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