Barman removing earth from flowers in the entrance of inn (7)

I believe the answer is:

rossini

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'barman removing earth' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'flowers in the entrance of inn' is the wordplay.
'flowers' becomes 'ross' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'the entrance of' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'inn' is 'i'.
'ross'+'in'+'i'='ROSSINI'

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rossini that I've seen before include "Italian scorer" , "Italian composer, 1792-1868" , "Gioacchino ---, It. composer" , "he scored regularly" , "whose barber was in Seville" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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