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Bears steal last piece from hampers (5)

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I believe the answer is:

takes

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'bears' is the definition.
('take' can be a synonym of 'bear')

'steal last piece from hampers' is the wordplay.
'steal last' becomes 'tas' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'piece' becomes 'k' (abbreviation for King).
'from' becomes 'e' (I've seen this in other clues).
'hampers' indicates putting letters inside.
'k'+'e'='ke'
'tas' placed around 'ke' is 'TAKES'.

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(Other definitions for takes that I've seen before include "Removes" , "sections of film" , "Steals" , "Steak (anag.)" , "Seizes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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