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Limit on skill shown by ex-PM as a gardener (10,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

capability brown

'a gardener' is the definition.
(famous English 18c gardener)

'limit on skill shown by ex-pm' is the wordplay.
'limit' becomes 'cap' (capping is a kind of limiting).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'skill' becomes 'ability' (I've seen this before).
'shown by' says to put letters next to each other.
'ex-pm' becomes 'brown' (former UK PM Gordon Brown).
'cap'+'ability'+'brown'='CAPABILITY BROWN'

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for capability brown that I've seen before include "Lancelot" , "Gardener" , "Landscape artist" , "fellow good at planning growth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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