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Come to steal from elected lords and ladies? (4-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wake-robin

'lords and ladies?' is the definition.
(another name for the wake-robin plant)

'come to steal from elected' is the wordplay.
'come to' becomes 'wake' (to come to is to awake from sleep or a faint).
'steal from' becomes 'rob' (to rob someone is to steal something from them).
'elected' becomes 'in' (in government).
'wake'+'rob'+'in'='WAKE-ROBIN'

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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