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Pest flying round tiny head of Alpine flower (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sweet pea

'flower' is the definition.
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'pest flying round tiny head of alpine' is the wordplay.
'flying' is an anagram indicator.
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'tiny' becomes 'wee' (I've seen this before).
'head of' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'alpine' is 'a'.
'pest' with letters rearranged gives 'stpe'.
'stpe' placed around 'wee' is 'sweetpe'.
'sweetpe'+'a'='SWEET PEA'

(Other definitions for sweet pea that I've seen before include "flowering plant" , "Garden plant with brightly coloured flowers" , "Climbing pant" , "Fragrant flower" , "Perfumed climber" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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