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Maybe gutted, having trouble with field (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meadow

'field' is the definition.
(a meadow is a field)

'maybe gutted having trouble with' is the wordplay.
'gutted' suggests removing the centre (to gut something is to remove its insides).
'having' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'trouble' becomes 'ado' (both can mean bother or commotion).
'with' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'maybe' with its middle removed is 'me'.
'me'+'ado'+'w'='MEADOW'

(Other definitions for meadow that I've seen before include "A field of rich grass" , "Grassy field" , "it's green here" , "Low-lying grassland" , "area of grassland" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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