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_ D _ A _ (5 letters)

Lacquer from oriental country.

There is a Japan lacquer if your D is wrong

Yeah I wondered that, I am stuck really. The clue for the D is as follows (the D comes from the fifth letter)

T _ I _ _ _ E (7 letters)

Series of bends on railway removed - It's sharp practice

I thought it is TWIDDLE ??

chicane
chicane(ry)= sharp practice.