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Rubbish Tesla not green anymore? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tripe

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'rubbish' is the definition.
(both can mean nonsense)

'tesla not green anymore?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'tesla' could be 't' (scientific unit) and 't' is present in the answer.
'not green' could be 'ripe' ('ripe' is the opposite to 'green') and 'ripe' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for tripe that I've seen before include "Rubbish; stomach as food" , "Pants" , "which a freegan might eat?" , "Rubbish; offal" , "Swallowed" .)

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