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Arranged to cart a tree, mostly chestnut (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

terracotta

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'chestnut' is the definition.
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'arranged to cart a tree mostly' is the wordplay.
'arranged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'to'+'cart'+'a'+'tree'='tocartatree'
'tocartatree' with its final letter removed is 'tocartatre'.
'tocartatre' is an anagram of 'TERRACOTTA'.

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(Other definitions for terracotta that I've seen before include "brownish-red colour" , "reddish colour" , "casting" , "statuette, perhaps" , "sculpture" .)

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