Part of plant found in repellent creme caramel (6)

Independent Cryptic #12090 | 12 Across | 2025-07-09
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

Part of plant found in repellent crème caramel Hidden (“found in”) and reversed (“repellent”) in “cr EME CAR amel”; according to Chambers , a raceme is an inflorescence in which stalked flowers are borne in acropetal succession on a main stalk or lateral branches – now we know!

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