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Disturb rook in a tree (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iron oak

'tree' is the definition.
(iron oak is a kind of tree)

'disturb rook in a' is the wordplay.
'disturb' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'disturbed' mean this (the order of letters is disturbed)).
'rook'+'in'+'a'='rookina'
'rookina' with letters rearranged gives 'IRON OAK'.

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