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Worry about large old piece of broccoli (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

floret

'piece of broccoli' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'worry about large old' is the wordplay.
'worry' becomes 'fret' (fretting is a kind of worrying**).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'large' becomes 'l'.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'l'+'o'='lo'
'fret' placed around 'lo' is 'FLORET'.

(Other definitions for floret that I've seen before include "Part of cauli head" , "Part of a cauliflower or broccoli head" , "Broccoli stem" , "Small flower" , "Piece of broccoli" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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