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Australian natives and another wasting money — flaming typical (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eucalypti

'australian natives' is the definition.
(plants native to Australia)

'wasting money flaming typical' is the wordplay.
'wasting money' becomes 'eu' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'flaming' is an anagram indicator (flaming can mean rotten or bad).
'typical' with letters rearranged gives 'calypti'.
'eu'+'calypti'='EUCALYPTI'

'and another' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for eucalypti that I've seen before include "Gums" , "Oil sources" , "Oil producers" , "Australian trees" , "Antipodean natives" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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