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I weed less clumsily, seeing Alpine plant (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edelweiss

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

'i weed less clumsily' is the wordplay.
'clumsily' indicates an anagram.
'i'+'weed'+'less'='iweedless'
'iweedless' anagrammed gives 'EDELWEISS'.

'seeing' is the link.

(Other definitions for edelweiss that I've seen before include "Ewe slides on the alpine plant" , "high growth" , "Alpine flower - "The Sound of Music" song" , "Swedes lie about small white flower in Switzerland" , "Deep admiration" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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