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Jungle area about to suffer, cutting veg out? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rainforest

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

'area about to suffer cutting veg out?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'area' could be 'a' (maths abbreviation) and 'a' is found in the answer.
'about' could be 're' ('re' means regarding or about) and 're' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for rainforest that I've seen before include "has lots of tropical trees" , "Luxuriant tropical woodland" , "Dense luxuriant tropical zone" , "tropical environment" , "The Amazon, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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