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How some may lie over goods held by party! (5)

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I believe the answer is:

doggo

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'how some may lie over goods held by party' is the definition.
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'over goods held by party' is the wordplay.
'over' becomes 'o' (cricket abbreviation).
'goods' becomes 'gg' (an abbreviation for 'good' repeated).
'held by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'o'+'gg'='ogg'
'ogg' put inside 'do' is 'DOGGO'.

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(Other definitions for doggo that I've seen before include "(Lie) concealed" , "in secret" , "keeping mum out of the picture?" , "lying low" , "neither seen nor heard" .)

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