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Plant leased before truce? Not right (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lettuce

'plant' is the definition.
(lettuce is a kind of plant)

'leased before truce? not right' is the wordplay.
'leased' becomes 'let'.
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'not' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'truce' with 'r' removed is 'tuce'.
'let'+'tuce'='LETTUCE'

(Other definitions for lettuce that I've seen before include "Leaves eaten in salads" , "Salad green" , "Salad leaf" , "Salad stuff" , "Plant with broad crisp leaves used in salads" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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