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Not happy to put a bit of tarragon in the sauce (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sorry

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'not happy' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'put a bit of tarragon in the sauce' is the wordplay.
'put' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a bit of tarragon in' becomes 'rr' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the sauce' becomes 'soy' (soy sauce).
'rr' placed into 'soy' is 'SORRY'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sorry that I've seen before include "Rueful" , "I beg your pardon" , "Repentant" , "Showing regret" , "Feeling penitent" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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