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Send me vet and lop off growths (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

developments

'growths' is the definition.
('development' can be a synonym of 'growth')

'send me vet and lop off' is the wordplay.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'off' is an anagram indicator.
'send'+'me'+'vet'+'lop'='sendmevetlop'
'sendmevetlop' anagrammed gives 'DEVELOPMENTS'.

(Other definitions for developments that I've seen before include "MTD envelopes (anag.)" , "Stages of progress" , "Advances in a process" , "Evolutions" , "Move Len's dept (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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