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Witches caught taking a cooker (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coven

'witches' is the definition.
(I've seen this in other clues)

'caught taking a cooker' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'taking' says to put letters next to each other.
'a cooker' becomes 'oven' (I've seen this before**).
'c'+'oven'='COVEN'

(Other definitions for coven that I've seen before include "Witch group" , "Company of witches" , "Witches' set" , "enchanting women in group" , "Women's group" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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