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Messenger, out of uniform, going round with culinary herb (9)

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coriander

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'herb' is the definition.
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'messenger out of uniform going round with culinary' is the wordplay.
'messenger' becomes 'courier' ('courier' can be a synonym of 'messenger').
'out of' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'uniform' becomes 'u' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'going round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'with culinary' becomes 'and' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'courier' with 'u' taken out is 'corier'.
'corier' going around 'and' is 'CORIANDER'.

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(Other definitions for coriander that I've seen before include "leaves for cooking" , "Culinary herb" , "Carried on with the strange herb" , "Aromatic herb" , "Plant with spicy fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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