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Fool with plan to pull up grass (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pampas

'grass' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fool with plan to pull up' is the wordplay.
'fool' becomes 'sap' (synonyms).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'plan' becomes 'map' (plan can mean a map of something).
'to pull up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (I've seen 'pulled up' mean this).
'sap'+'map'='sapmap'
'sapmap' backwards is 'PAMPAS'.

(Other definitions for pampas that I've seen before include "Treeless plain(s)" , "Great plains of S America (6)" , "Grassy plains of Argentine" , "South American plains" , "South American grassland" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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