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Circumvent prime examples of garden tools (5,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hedge trimmers

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'garden tools' is the definition.
(hedge trimmer is a kind of garden tool)

'circumvent prime examples' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'circumvent' could be 'hedge' (synonyms) and 'hedge' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'trimmers' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' is the link.

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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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