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18a High Church breaks contract for event (12). Steeplechase but I can't quite parse it.

High = Steep
CH = Church
Lease = contract.

Steep le ch ase.

High is steep
Church is ch
Contract is Lease.

Why is high steep? I wondered about cost, but that would be dear = steep.

22d]The meat of white turkey? No.[3]
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Steep

informal
(of a price or demand) not reasonable; excessive.
"a steep membership fee"
synonyms: expensive, dear, costly, high, stiff; More



and of course

A high cliff would be steep.

A think this is hit. A turkey is a failure and hit is the meat of white.

Hit

The centre (meat) of white - a Turkey is a flop/not a hit.

Thanks magpie-a bit of a poor clue...

Thanks, Mamya for that explanation - mine was just going to be 'high = dear = steep'!