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A little work in green grass pile (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

limerick

'a little work' is the definition.
(a short poetic work)

'green grass pile' is the wordplay.
'green' becomes 'lime' (lime is a shade of green).
'grass pile' becomes 'rick' (pile of hay).
'lime'+'rick'='LIMERICK'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for limerick that I've seen before include "[EDWARD LEAR] work" , "Humorous verse of 5 lines" , "Short amusing verse" , "Irish county's produced" , "Humorous poem of 5 lines, and Irish county" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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