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Eccentric star is paid with indoor plant (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aspidistra

'indoor plant' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'eccentric star is paid' is the wordplay.
'eccentric' indicates an anagram.
'star'+'is'+'paid'='starispaid'
'starispaid' is an anagram of 'ASPIDISTRA'.

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for aspidistra that I've seen before include "The biggest - (in the world) (Gracie Fields)" , "For Asian native" , "leafy plant" , "something normally developed in-house?" , "Plant of the lily family" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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