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Fasten up a trailing plant (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

liana

'plant' is the definition.
The answer is an example.

'fasten up a trailing' is the wordplay.
'fasten' becomes 'nail' (I've seen this in another clue).
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'trailing' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'nail' written backwards gives 'lian'.
'lian'+'a'='LIANA'

(Other definitions for liana that I've seen before include "Tropical forest climber" , "Woody climbing (usually tropical) plant" , "Climbing jungle plant" , "Tropical vine" , "Climbing-plant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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