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Bloodsucker that is found on top of seedlings in Wicklow and Wexford (8)

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I believe the answer is:

counties

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

'bloodsucker that is found on top of seedlings' is the wordplay.
'bloodsucker' becomes 'count' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'that is' becomes 'ie' ('i.e.' can be a synonym of 'that is').
'found on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'top of' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'seedlings' is 's'.
'count'+'ie'+'s'='COUNTIES'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for counties that I've seen before include "Administrative divisions" , "administrative areas" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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