Edible leaves for chaps in mess (7)

I believe the answer is:

spinach

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'edible leaves' is the definition.
'spinach' can be an answer for 'leaves' (leafy vegetable). I am not sure about the 'edible' bit.

'chaps in mess' is the wordplay.
'mess' is an anagram indicator.
'chaps'+'in'='chapsin'
'chapsin' is an anagram of 'SPINACH'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for spinach that I've seen before include "Leaf vegetable" , "Blackboard stand" , "Some greens" , "Popeye the Sailor's vegetable of choice" , "Popeye's strength-giver" .)

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