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Darling Bill makes a bloomer (5,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sweet william

'a bloomer' is the definition.
(sweet William is a kind of flowering plant)

'darling bill' is the wordplay.
'darling' becomes 'sweet' (I've seen this in another clue).
'bill' becomes 'william' (Bill is short for William).
'sweet'+'william'='SWEET-WILLIAM'

'makes' is the link.

(Other definitions for sweet william that I've seen before include "Garden pink with clusters of vivid flowers" , "Eurasian plant with fragrant flowers" , "Flower (nice boy!)" , "description Violet Elizabeth wouldn't have recognised?" , "bloomer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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