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Leaves war secrets out (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

watercress

'leaves' is the definition.
(edible leaves)

'war secrets out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'war'+'secrets'='warsecrets'
'warsecrets' anagrammed gives 'WATERCRESS'.

(Other definitions for watercress that I've seen before include "Salad vegetable" , "salad ingredient" , "Salad plant" , "low-calorie food" , "bit of salad" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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