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Lettuce bag for Russian cavalryman? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cossack

'russian cavalryman?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'lettuce bag' is the wordplay.
'lettuce' becomes 'cos' (cos lettuce is a kind of lettuce).
'bag' becomes 'sack' (both can mean a container).
'cos'+'sack'='COSSACK'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for cossack that I've seen before include "Russian tribesman famed for horsemanship" , "One of a people from SW Russia, Ukraine" , "Member of an elite cavalry in tzarist Russia" , "Warrior peasant of SE Russia" , "Russian, traditionally horseman of the Steppes" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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