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Starter of tasty nettle delicacy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

truffle

'delicacy' is the definition.
(truffle is a kind of delicacy)

'starter of tasty nettle' is the wordplay.
'starter of' indicates taking the first letters.
'nettle' becomes 'ruffle' (ruffling is a kind of nettling).
The initial letter of 'tasty' is 't'.
't'+'ruffle'='TRUFFLE'

(Other definitions for truffle that I've seen before include "Witty remark" , "Fretful for tasty underground fungus" , "Edible fungus -- chocolate sweet" , "Fungus, a delicacy" , "Sweet - edible fungus growing underground" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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