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Wonders of flower returned by gutted pharaoh (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

phenomena

'wonders' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'flower returned by gutted pharaoh' is the wordplay.
'flower' becomes 'anemone' (anemone is a kind of flower).
'returned' says the letters should be written backwards.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'gutted' means to remove the middle letters (to gut something is to remove its insides).
'pharaoh' with its centre removed is 'ph'.
'anemone' reversed gives 'enomena'.
'enomena' after 'ph' is 'PHENOMENA'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for phenomena that I've seen before include "They happen" , "sensations" , "Observed events - remarkable things" , "Things sensed" , "facts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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