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Offer Richard bags of iron (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ferric

'of iron' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'offer richard bags' is the wordplay.
'bags' indicates a hidden word.
'FERRIC' is hidden in the letters of 'offer richard'.

(Other definitions for ferric that I've seen before include "Containing iron" , "made of iron" , "Relating to one form of iron" , "Of trivalent iron" , "Of iron with a valency of three" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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