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Tibet's leader gets crude feeder for stock (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trough

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'feeder for stock' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'tibet's leader gets crude' is the wordplay.
'tibet's leader' becomes 't' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'crude' becomes 'rough' (similar in meaning).
't'+'rough'='TROUGH'

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(Other definitions for trough that I've seen before include "Gutter; depression" , "where animals may be drinking" , "Container for cattle-feed" , "Hollow; channel" , "period when little is achieved" .)

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