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Cactus in grave you could pick up? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

cereus

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'cactus in grave' is the definition.
'cereus' can be an answer for 'cactus' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'in grave' bit.

'you could pick up?' is the wordplay.
'you' becomes 'u' (homophones).
'could' becomes 'ceres' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'pick up?' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'u' inserted inside 'ceres' is 'CEREUS'.

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(Another definition for cereus that I've seen is " cactus".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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