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Shelter, having a smoke in greenery (7)

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I believe the answer is:

leafage

'greenery' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'shelter having a smoke' is the wordplay.
'shelter' becomes 'lee' (as in lee side, the side sheltered from wind).
'having' indicates putting letters inside.
'smoke' becomes 'fag' (both can mean a cigarette).
'a'+'fag'='afag'
'lee' placed around 'afag' is 'LEAFAGE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for leafage that I've seen before include "Greenery" , "Green growth" , "Gala fee (anag)" , "marijuana, possibly" , "Foliage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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