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Having pulled out very stupidly overtake heavy plant (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oak tree

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'having pulled out very stupidly overtake' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'heavy plant' is the wordplay.
'heavy' becomes 'oak' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'plant' becomes 'tree'.
'oak'+'tree'='OAK-TREE'

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(Other definitions for oak tree that I've seen before include "Matured acorn" , "famous royal hideout" , "Product of acorn" , "Old plant (round which to tie a yellow ribbon?)" , "Source of acorns" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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