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Yankee visiting GP, some said, for plaster of Paris material (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gypsum

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'plaster of paris material' is the definition.
'gypsum' can be an answer for 'material' (gypsum is a kind of material). I'm not certain of the 'plaster of paris' bit.

'yankee visiting gp some said' is the wordplay.
'yankee' becomes 'Y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'visiting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'said' shows a homophone (sound like).
'some' sounds like 'sum'.
'y' inserted into 'gp' is 'gyp'.
'gyp'+'sum'='GYPSUM'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for gypsum that I've seen before include "Alabaster" , "Ingredient of fertilizer" , "Mineral giving plaster of Paris" , "Kind of chalk used to make plaster of Paris" , "Ingredient of plaster of Paris" .)

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