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Horse passes round wide tree (5)

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I believe the answer is:

rowan

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'tree' is the definition.
(type of tree)

'horse passes round wide' is the wordplay.
'horse passes' becomes 'roan' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'round' indicates putting letters inside.
'wide' becomes 'w' (abbreviation e.g. in cricket).
'roan' placed around 'w' is 'ROWAN'.

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(Other definitions for rowan that I've seen before include "Canterbury" , "Sort of ash" , "Atkinson or Williams" , "Tree - archbishop" , "Red-berried tree" .)

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