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Explanation of Araucaria clue

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Mampara | 17:19 Tue 14th Feb 2012 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Can anyone please provide the reasoning for the solution of 14/23/22a?

The answer is- A Rose Red City Half As Old As Time.

The clue - 4 got up -try 15a, possibly- with lucerne (mostly) put on the herb stall, say?
4 is Petra
15 is Chide
  
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got up - arose
Anagaram of chide and try - red city h
lucerne is also called alfalfa, part of that - alfa
sold as time (sounds like sold as thyme)
Put together to get "A Rose Red City Half As Old As Time"
Bit complicated, even for araucaria!
17:29 Tue 14th Feb 2012
There's a poem where Petra, ruins in Trans-Jordan, is described as a rose red city...
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Yes I knew that but I was trying to work out the rest of the clue. Where does Chide fit in , for instance?
got up - arose
Anagaram of chide and try - red city h
lucerne is also called alfalfa, part of that - alfa
sold as time (sounds like sold as thyme)
Put together to get "A Rose Red City Half As Old As Time"
Bit complicated, even for araucaria!

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