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Pleased in the past with flowers round my person (8)

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I believe the answer is:

gladsome

'pleased in the past' is the definition.
(archaic term meaning pleased)

'with flowers round my person' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'flowers' becomes 'glads' (gladioli).
'round' becomes 'o' (round can mean a round object).
'my person' becomes 'me' (myself).
'glads' put next to 'o' is 'gladso'.
'gladso'+'me'='GLADSOME'

(Other definitions for gladsome that I've seen before include "happy" , "Joyful" , "Delighted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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