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Appearing to be a bloomer (2,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

in flower

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'appearing to' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'a bloomer' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'bloomer' could be 'flower' (I've seen this before) and 'flower' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'in' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'be' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for in flower that I've seen is " Blossoming".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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