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Farmers opt mistakenly for unsuitable agricultural terrain (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

permafrost

'unsuitable agricultural terrain' is the definition.
(layer of frozen soil)

'farmers opt mistakenly' is the wordplay.
'mistakenly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'farmers'+'opt'='farmersopt'
'farmersopt' with letters rearranged gives 'PERMAFROST'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for permafrost that I've seen before include "Hard layer" , "feature of polar regions" , "Ground frozen for a long time" , "Ground never thawing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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