Crossword Genius

Plain damage I repair (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prairie

'plain' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'damage i repair' is the wordplay.
'damage' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'i'+'repair'='irepair'
'irepair' anagrammed gives 'PRAIRIE'.

(Other definitions for prairie that I've seen before include "this oyster produces an egg" , "Tract of (US) grassland" , "Broad rolling tract of land in the US" , "Extensive US grassland" , "Large tract of grassland in N America" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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