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See beautiful girls cutting last of ornate flowers (10,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

canterbury bells

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'see beautiful girls cutting' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both plants as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'last of ornate flowers' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'last' could be 'be' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'be' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for canterbury bells that I've seen before include "bloomers" , "Blooming things!" , "See producers of 13 [CHIME]?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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