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Crack to extend, doing for flower (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snapdragon

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'flower' is the definition.
(snapdragon is a kind of flower)

'crack to extend doing' is the wordplay.
'crack' becomes 'snap' ('snap' can be a synonym of 'crack').
'to extend doing' becomes 'dragon' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'snap'+'dragon'='SNAPDRAGON'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for snapdragon that I've seen before include "that's in the garden?" , "one found in bed" , "Kind of antirrhinum" , "flower" , "one's found in the garden" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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