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Stone, large, in remade pattern (7)

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I believe the answer is:

emerald

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'stone' is the definition.
(type of gemstone)

'large in remade pattern' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'large' could be 'l' (eg in clothes sizes) and 'l' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'remade' is 'emerad' which is within the left over letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for emerald that I've seen before include "and 13 Across: Poetic name for Ireland" , "Highly-valued variety of beryl" , "Ireland is often called The .......Isle" , "Green variety of beryl" , "Green gemstone" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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