Fine upset corporation importing chlorine (5)

Times Cryptic #29101 | 24 Down | 2024-12-16
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

CL in TUM (a crossword favourite, where corporation means stomach) all reversed. Not a very common word; it means to cheat or defraud, to fine, or a fine. I blithely biffed the clue and thought MULCT was mulch, without writing in mulch – if you follow what I mean.

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