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Roughly stuffing tree in crater (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

caldera

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'crater' is the definition.
(I know that Caldera is a type of crater)

'roughly stuffing tree in' is the wordplay.
'roughly' becomes 'ca' (abbreviation for circa).
'stuffing tree' becomes 'alder' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'ca' enclosing 'alder' is 'CALDERA'.

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(Other definitions for caldera that I've seen before include "Large volcanic crater - race lad (anag)" , "Big hole in rock" , "Large volcanic crater -- lead car (anag)" , "Basin-shaped crater at top of volcano" , "Result of eruption" .)

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