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Firm desirous feeling oddly to the veg (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

courgette

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'veg' is the definition.
(courgette is a kind of vegetable)

'firm desirous feeling oddly to the' is the wordplay.
'firm' becomes 'co' (a firm is a company).
'desirous feeling' becomes 'urge' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'oddly' means one should take alternating letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
'to'+'the'='tothe'
The alternate letters of 'tothe' are 'tte'.
'co'+'urge'+'tte'='COURGETTE'

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(Other definitions for courgette that I've seen before include "Type of vegetable marrow" , "Zuccini" , "this could supply kitchen" , "Small marrow" , "Zucchini is its American equivalent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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