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Livestock eats everything green (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

callow

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

'livestock eats everything' is the wordplay.
'livestock' becomes 'cow' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'eats' indicates putting letters inside.
'everything' becomes 'all' (all things).
'cow' going around 'all' is 'CALLOW'.

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(Other definitions for callow that I've seen before include "Jejune" , "23 [BRIGHTONIAN] actor" , "Green" , "Simon ---, actor; immature" , "Inexperienced or unsophisticated, as a youth say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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