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It grows underground at mid-April (5)

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I believe the answer is:

tuber

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'it grows underground' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'at mid-april' is the wordplay.
'at' becomes 'tube' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'mid' indicates the central letters (mid- can mean the middle of something).
The middle of 'april' is 'r'.
'tube'+'r'='TUBER'

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(Other definitions for tuber that I've seen before include "One goes underground" , "or still vegetating?" , "Rhizome, as of potato" , "A brute of a spud" , "Fleshy underground part of a stem, often used as food" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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