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16d Art master possibly finding useful item in the Remove?

I've got t?? ?h?s?

Tea chest.

Thanks Rusty, but I can't parse that, or see the definition.

A tea chest is very handy if you are doing a removal.
The parse I am less sure about.
I am wondering if "teachest" is an old verb?

https://www.wordnik.com/words/teachest

Ah, "art" as in second person. Very clever (and way beyond me!)

Sorry ChrisE, I'm not with you.

I think the idea is that two archaic forms of “you teach” or “you are a teacher” are “thou teachest” and “thou art a teacher”. So “art teacher” is a synonym for “teachest”. Clever but obscure

Thank you, certainly agree about it being obscure.