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Ginger and Dicky's growing concern? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gardening

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'growing concern?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with creating things as well as being present participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'ginger and dicky's' is the wordplay.
'dicky's' indicates an anagram (dicky can mean ill or non-functioning).
'ginger'+'and'='gingerand'
'gingerand' anagrammed gives 'GARDENING'.

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(Other definitions for gardening that I've seen before include "Looking after a domestic plot" , "Horticulture" , "Deranging with green-fingered work" , "Tending plants" , "Looking after one's plot" .)

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