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WI song so neglected in Brussels it upset oil suppliers (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eucalypti

'oil suppliers' is the definition.
(sources of eucalyptus oil)

'wi song so neglected in brussels it upset' is the wordplay.
'wi song' becomes 'calypso' (type of song from the West Indies).
'neglected' indicates named letters should be taken away (neglect can mean to ignore).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'brussels' becomes 'eu' (Brussels is a metonym for the European Union).
'upset' says the letters should be written backwards.
'calypso' with 'so' taken away is 'calyp'.
'it' in reverse letter order is 'ti'.
'eu'+'ti'='euti'
'calyp' placed into 'euti' is 'EUCALYPTI'.

(Other definitions for eucalypti that I've seen before include "Oil producers" , "Oil sources" , "Gums" , "Gum trees" , "Antipodean natives" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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