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Brahms oddly met jeers and laughs with Asian delicacy (6,6)

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I believe the answer is:

bamboo shoots

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'brahms oddly met jeers and laughs with asian delicacy' is the definition.
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'brahms oddly met jeers and laughs' is the wordplay.
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
'met' says to put letters next to each other.
'jeers' becomes 'boos' (I've seen this in another clue).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'laughs' becomes 'hoots'.
The alternating letters of 'brahms' are 'bam'.
'bam'+'boos'+'hoots'='BAMBOO SHOOTS'

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(Other definitions for bamboo shoots that I've seen before include "vegetables" , "Part of the Chinese dish" .)

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