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Gathered grain? He starved unfortunately (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

harvested

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'gathered grain?' is the definition.
'harvested' can be an answer for 'gathered' (harvesting is a kind of gathering). I'm not sure about the 'grain?' bit.

'he starved unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' indicates anagramming the letters (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'he'+'starved'='hestarved'
'hestarved' with letters rearranged gives 'HARVESTED'.

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(Other definitions for harvested that I've seen before include "He starved (anag) -- gathered food" , "Gathered, reaped" , "Gathered in the crops" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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