Avoiding extremes, with Omicron running amok on farms (9)

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agronomic

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'avoiding extremes with omicron running amok on farms' is the definition.
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'avoiding extremes with omicron running amok' is the wordplay.
'extremes' suggests removing the centre.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'running amok' indicates anagramming the letters.
'avoiding' with its centre taken out is 'ag'.
'omicron' is an anagram of 'ronomic'.
'ag'+'ronomic'='AGRONOMIC'

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