Screens from the East with crimson flowers outside (9)
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I believe the answer is:
reredoses
'screens' is the definition.
(reredos is a kind of screen)
'the east with crimson flowers outside' is the wordplay.
'the east' becomes 'e' ('E' can be a synonym of 'east').
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'crimson' becomes 'red' ('red' can be a synonym of 'crimson').
'flowers' becomes 'roses' (I've seen this before**).
'outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'e'+'red'='ered'
'ered' put within 'roses' is 'REREDOSES'.
'from' is the link.
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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