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Grand redhead with bottom on lawn (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grass

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

'grand redhead with bottom' is the wordplay.
'grand' becomes 'g' ('G' can be a synonym of 'grand').
'redhead' becomes 'r' (the head/first letter of 'red').
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'bottom' becomes 'ass' ('ass' can be a synonym of 'bottom').
'g'+'r'+'ass'='GRASS'

'on' is the link.

(Other definitions for grass that I've seen before include "German author" , "Reefer's content" , "Weed" , "sing?" , "canary, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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