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Peasant recycling one crust (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rustic

'peasant' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'recycling one crust' is the wordplay.
'recycling' indicates an anagram.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'i'+'crust'='icrust'
'icrust' with letters rearranged gives 'RUSTIC'.

(Other definitions for rustic that I've seen before include "unrefined" , "Rural, countrified" , "Citrus (anag)" , "Simple and unsophisticated as in the country" , "Relating to the countryside" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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