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Pedagogue loses head and makes a bloomer (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aster

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'bloomer' is the definition.
(I know that aster is a type of bloomer)

'pedagogue loses head' is the wordplay.
'pedagogue' becomes 'master' (master is a kind of pedagogue).
'loses head' means to remove the first letter.
'master' with its first letter removed is 'ASTER'.

'and makes a' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for aster that I've seen before include "(Starlike) flower" , "Plant like a Michaelmas daisy" , "Michaelmas daisy genus" , "Tears about bright flower" , "eg Michaelmas daisy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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