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Bright and breezy because returning serf is carrying a little flower (2,5,2,1,5)

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I believe the answer is:

as fresh as a daisy

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'bright and breezy' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'because returning serf is carrying a little flower' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'because' could be 'as' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'as' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'serf' is 'fres' which is located in the answer.
'is' is within the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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