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Green and rough constitutes hazard (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

endanger

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'hazard' is the definition.
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'green and rough' is the wordplay.
'rough' is an anagram indicator (a rough or broken ordering of the letters).
'green'+'and'='greenand'
'greenand' is an anagram of 'ENDANGER'.

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(Other definitions for endanger that I've seen before include "Put in trouble" , "Pose a threat to" , "Put in harm's way" , "Put someone at risk" , "Imperil" .)

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