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See certain plants sold at the butcher's! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chops

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'plants sold at the butcher's' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'see certain' is the wordplay.
'see' becomes 'C' (the word for the letter, according to Chambers).
'certain' becomes 'hops' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'c'+'hops'='CHOPS'

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(Other definitions for chops that I've seen before include "Hacks" , "Axes" , "Cuts; slices of meat" , "Cuts of meat including part of a rib" , "trap" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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