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Swedes, maybe poor actors, not opening plays (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

root crops

'swedes maybe' is the definition.
(I know that turnip is a type of root crops)

'poor actors not opening plays' is the wordplay.
'not opening' means to remove the first letter (the opening letter is removed).
'plays' is an anagram indicator.
'actors' with its first letter taken off is 'ctors'.
'poor'+'ctors'='poorctors'
'poorctors' anagrammed gives 'ROOT CROPS'.

(Another definition for root crops that I've seen is " Such as beets, turnips, etc".)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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