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The plant is left out unwrapped to get the sun (5)

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I believe the answer is:

lotus

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'the plant' is the definition.
The answer is an example.

'left out unwrapped to get the sun' is the wordplay.
'left' is a reversal indicator.
'unwrapped' means to look at the middle letters (the letters which wrap the word are removed).
'to get' indicates putting letters inside.
'the sun' becomes 'stol' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The centre of 'out' is 'u'.
'u' put within 'stol' is 'sutol'.
'sutol' backwards is 'LOTUS'.

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for lotus that I've seen before include "Mythical fruit inducing state of luxurious dreaminess" , "Plant - yoga position" , "Reason for forgetfulness" , "Fruit of forgetfulness - water lily - car marque" , "Cross-legged position adopted in yoga" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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