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Large lorry blocks topped vegetables (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

artichokes

'vegetables' is the definition.
(artichoke is a kind of vegetable)

'large lorry blocks topped' is the wordplay.
'large lorry' becomes 'artic' (short for articulated lorry).
'blocks' becomes 'chokes' (choking is a kind of blocking).
'topped' means to remove the first letter (to top something is to remove its top).
'chokes' with its initial letter taken away is 'hokes'.
'artic'+'hokes'='ARTICHOKES'

(Another definition for artichokes that I've seen is " vegetables".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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