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Flipping stone cask for spice (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nutmeg

'for spice' is the definition.
(nutmeg is a kind of spice)

'flipping stone cask' is the wordplay.
'flipping' says the letters should be written backwards.
'stone' becomes 'gem' (a gemstone).
'cask' becomes 'tun' (tun is a kind of cask).
'gem'+'tun'='gemtun'
'gemtun' backwards is 'NUTMEG'.

(Other definitions for nutmeg that I've seen before include "Kick the football between an opponent's legs" , "(In soccer) kick the ball between an opponent's legs" , "it's used by bakers" , "Spice for grating" , "Hard aromatic seed" .)

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