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Try one's luck perhaps with a Bandon cheat - Con Cook (5,2,6)

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I believe the answer is:

leave to chance

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'cook' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'try one's luck perhaps with a bandon cheat con' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'try' could be 'chance' (chancing is a kind of trying) and 'chance' is found in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
'con' could be 'v' and 'v' is located in the answer.
'one' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'leet' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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