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Hares holding five tons gathered crops (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

harvest

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'hares holding five tons gathered crops' is the definition.
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'hares holding five tons gathered' is the wordplay.
'holding' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'five' becomes 'V' (Roman numeral).
'tons' becomes 't'.
'gathered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hares'+'v'+'t'='haresvt'
'haresvt' is an anagram of 'HARVEST'.

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(Other definitions for harvest that I've seen before include "seasonal collection" , "Cut down" , "A season's yield, crop" , "Process of gathering mature crops" , "Bring in the corn etc" .)

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