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Temporarily in favour of the said herb found by creature (3,3,4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

for the time being

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'temporarily' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'in favour of the said herb found by creature' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'in' is found in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'the' is 'het' which is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for for the time being that I've seen is " at the moment".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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