Boris got into Arts with the professionals studying trees (9)

I believe the answer is:

arborists

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'the professionals studying trees' is the definition.
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'boris got into arts' is the wordplay.
'got into' indicates putting letters inside.
'boris' inserted within 'arts' is 'ARBORISTS'.

'with' is the link.

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