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Bees I heard rush around the scraps (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rubbish

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'the scraps' is the definition.
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'bees i heard rush' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'bees' could be 'is' (being is a kind of being) and 'is' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'around' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for rubbish that I've seen before include "Worthless material or nonsensical talk" , "Refuse, junk" , "of exceedingly low quality" , "Litter or nonsense" , "Nonsense; very bad" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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