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Sweet bunch, for example with no opportunity to speak outside (7)

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I believe the answer is:

nosegay

'sweet bunch' is the definition.
(bunch of flowers)

'example with no opportunity to speak outside' is the wordplay.
'example' becomes 'eg'.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'opportunity to speak' becomes 'say' (as in 'having a say' over a decision).
'outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'no'+'say' is 'nosay'.
'eg' going within 'nosay' is 'NOSEGAY'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for nosegay that I've seen before include "bunch of pansies?" , "Small posy" , "Small bouquet" , "Old-fashioned posy" , "Fragrant bunch of flowers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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