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Bonsai maybe not right, wife's interjected - too quaint? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

twee

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'too quaint?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bonsai maybe not right wife's interjected' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'wife' could be 'w' (abbreviation) and 'w' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'tee' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for twee that I've seen before include "Affectedly sweet" , "Overly cute" , "Excessively quaint" , "rather quaint" , "Affectedly dainty or quaint" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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