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Imitates eastern concrete surface with garden tools (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

echoes

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'imitates' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'eastern concrete surface with garden tools' is the wordplay.
'eastern concrete surface' becomes 'ec' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'garden tools' becomes 'hoes' (I've seen this before).
'ec'+'hoes'='ECHOES'

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(Other definitions for echoes that I've seen before include "parrots" , "Sounds reverberating" , "Sounds heard again" , "rings" , "Repetition of sounds" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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