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Cropped up in the flower garden? (5)

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arose

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'cropped up' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'flower garden?' is the wordplay.
'flower' becomes 'a' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'garden?' becomes 'rose' (rose garden is a kind of garden).
'a'+'rose'='AROSE'

'in the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for arose that I've seen before include "Issued" , "Became apparent" , "Occurred; stood up" , "Got out of bed" , "Emerged from" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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