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Shock, as fat brute eats starters of raw greens (11)

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I believe the answer is:

flabbergast

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'shock' is the definition.
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'as fat brute eats starters of raw greens' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'as' is found in the answer.
'fat' could be 'flab' (flab is a kind of fat) and 'flab' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for flabbergast that I've seen before include "Surprise greatly" , "Astound" , "floor" , "Strike dumb" , "stunning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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