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Flourish container for grain husks? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brandish

'flourish' is the definition.
('brandish' can be a synonym of 'flourish')

'container for grain husks?' is the wordplay.
'container' becomes 'dish' (dish is a kind of container**).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'grain husks?' becomes 'bran' (I've seen this before).
'dish' put after 'bran' is 'BRANDISH'.

(Other definitions for brandish that I've seen before include "Wield or wave belligerently" , "Wave (in anger)" , "Wield (weapon)" , "parade" , "Wave something about threateningly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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