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Got badly stung myself, going in to get the spices (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nutmegs

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

'got badly stung myself going in' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'myself' could be 'me' and 'me' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'stung' is 'nutgs' which is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to get' is the link.

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(Other definitions for nutmegs that I've seen before include "Fools on pitch" , "football trickery" , "spices" , "With tricks on the pitch" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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