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Profaner's sample herb mixture (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blasphemer

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'profaner's sample herb mixture' is the definition.
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'sample herb mixture' is the wordplay.
'mixture' is an anagram indicator.
'sample'+'herb'='sampleherb'
'sampleherb' with letters rearranged gives 'BLASPHEMER'.

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(Other definitions for blasphemer that I've seen before include "A bad sort of speaker" , "One speaking irreverently about sacred things" .)

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