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Wicked ring brought back oil producer (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

olive

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

'wicked ring brought back' is the wordplay.
'wicked' becomes 'evil' (synonyms).
'ring' becomes 'o' (letter resembling a ring).
'brought back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'evil'+'o'='evilo'
'evilo' in reverse letter order is 'OLIVE'.

(Other definitions for olive that I've seen before include "Type of green" , "One's stoned" , "Oil-yielding tree" , "Small green tree-fruit, nice in martini" , "woman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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