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Cuts gardener's first trees (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gashes

'cuts' is the definition.
(I know this)

'gardener's first trees' is the wordplay.
'gardener's first' becomes 'g' (ast letter of 'gardener').
'trees' becomes 'ashes' (ash is a kind of tree).
'g'+'ashes'='GASHES'

(Other definitions for gashes that I've seen before include "Deep cuts or wounds" , "Makes deep cut or wound" , "Deep cuts made with a sharp instrument" .)

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