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Plaster crops up on bed almost (6)

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I believe the answer is:

stucco

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'plaster' is the definition.
(I know that plaster can be written as stucco)

'crops up on bed almost' is the wordplay.
'crops' becomes 'cuts' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'bed' becomes 'cot' (cot is a kind of bed).
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'cuts' back-to-front is 'stuc'.
'cot' with its final letter removed is 'co'.
'stuc'+'co'='STUCCO'

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(Other definitions for stucco that I've seen before include "White plaster covering for exterior walls" , "Fine plaster used on wall surfaces" , "material for covering wall" , "Fine plaster for ornamenting walls etc" , "Plaster used for moulding and decorating" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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