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Scattered the roses, initially, in all directions (6)

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I believe the answer is:

strewn

'scattered' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'the roses initially in all directions' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'all directions' becomes 'sewn' (compass directions**).
The initial letters of 'the roses' is 'tr'.
'tr' put into 'sewn' is 'STREWN'.

(Other definitions for strewn that I've seen before include "Spread everywhere" , "Scatttered about untidily" , "Cast about" , "Spread all over the place" , "Scattered about like leaves or litter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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