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Gardening suit? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spades

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'suit?' is the definition.
(playing card suit)

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(Other definitions for spades that I've seen before include "Digging implements" , "Suit in pack of cards" , "Does some groundwork" , "Passed around with diggers" , "dark suit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard and The Globe and Mail.
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