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Supplier of fresh green nuts ignoring us (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

newsagent

'supplier' is the definition.

'fresh green nuts ignoring us' is the wordplay.
'fresh' becomes 'new' ('new' can be a synonym of 'fresh').
'green' becomes 'sage' (sage green is a kind of green**).
'ignoring' is a deletion indicator.
'nuts' with 'us' taken out is 'nt'.
'new'+'sage'+'nt'='NEWSAGENT'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for newsagent that I've seen before include "Seller of papers" , "paper supplier" , "Guardian seller?" , "Retailer" , "Shopkeeper selling magazines" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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