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[goldtooth]

3 to get - explanations please:
12a Do minimal money laundering when pinching Royal Navy asset (7) why WARSHIP?
6d Excuse me: what comes before that in quiet message (7) I have P?E?E?T
8d Fish to lift out of one's trap (4) why RAYS?

Thanks

[Lie-in King]

12a Warship - r(oyal; Rex; Regina) (in) 'wash 1 p'
6d Pretext - (do, RE, me, fa...) (in) p (quiet) + 'text'
8d Rays - "raise" - sounds like = "from one's trap" (mouth)

[goldtooth]

Thanks, Lie-in King. Getting my brain serviced tomorrow.