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Sprout upsetting a regiment (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

germinate

'sprout' is the definition.
(I know that sprout can be written as germinate)

'upsetting a regiment' is the wordplay.
'upsetting' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'regiment'='aregiment'
'aregiment' anagrammed gives 'GERMINATE'.

(Other definitions for germinate that I've seen before include "Sprout as in a regiment" , "(Of seed) start to shoot" , "Put forth shoots, develop and grow" , "Mere giant (anag) - start to grow" , "Sprout - develop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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