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With end of fingers, squeeze round a vegetable (7)

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I believe the answer is:

spinach

'vegetable' is the definition.
(spinach is a kind of vegetable)

'with end of fingers squeeze round a' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'end of' says to take the final letters.
'squeeze' becomes 'pinch' (pinch is a kind of squeeze**).
'round' is an insertion indicator.
The final letter of 'fingers' is 's'.
'pinch' going around 'a' is 'pinach'.
's' next to 'pinach' is 'SPINACH'.

(Other definitions for spinach that I've seen before include "Popeye's vegetable" , "something to eat" , "Popeye the Sailor's vegetable of choice" , "Vegetable, source of iron" , "Some greens" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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