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Separate Easter egg roughly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

segregate

'separate' is the definition.
(segregating is a kind of separating)

'easter egg roughly' is the wordplay.
'roughly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'easter'+'egg'='easteregg'
'easteregg' anagrammed gives 'SEGREGATE'.

(Other definitions for segregate that I've seen before include "Seperate from Easter egg" , "put to one side" , "Keep away from" , "Isolate, separate" , "Quarantine with easter egg" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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