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Varied experience of the removal of moisture from soil (6)

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I believe the answer is:

sundry

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'varied' is the definition.
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'experience of the removal of moisture from soil' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'from' could be 'un' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'un' is found in the answer.
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(Other definitions for sundry that I've seen before include "Various, assorted" , "Consisting of a haphazard assortment" , "more than a couple" , "Assorted, miscellaneous" , "All and . . . . . . includes everyone" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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