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Bay - and yet not bay perhaps (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

botany

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'bay and' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'not bay perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'not'+'bay'='notbay'
'notbay' with letters rearranged gives 'BOTANY'.

'yet' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for botany that I've seen before include "Plant study" , "Unlucky, doomed" , "Science of plant life" , "nature study" , "Science of plants" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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