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A small jug found in the wood (5)

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I believe the answer is:

aspen

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'wood' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'a small jug found in' is the wordplay.
'a' becomes 'an'.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'jug' becomes 'pe' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'found in' is an insertion indicator.
's'+'pe'='spe'
'an' placed around 'spe' is 'ASPEN'.

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for aspen that I've seen before include "somewhere in Colorado" , "Trembler" , "Growth" , "Very timid" , "Tree, kind of poplar" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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