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Leicester bug, etc come from the salad vegetables (7,8)

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I believe the answer is:

iceberg lettuces

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'vegetables' is the definition.
(iceberg lettuce is a kind of vegetable)

'leicester bug etc come from the salad' is the wordplay.
'leicester bug etc' can be anagrammed to 'ICEBERG LETTUCES'.
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