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Looks after the Yorkshire borders (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tends

'looks after' is the definition.
(tending is a kind of looking after)

'the yorkshire borders' is the wordplay.
'the yorkshire' becomes 't' (Northern English pronunciation of 'the').
'borders' becomes 'ends' (border can mean something's end or edge).
't'+'ends'='TENDS'

(Other definitions for tends that I've seen before include "Inclines to take care of?" , "Dents (anag.)" , "Inclines or looks after" , "nurses" , "Leans" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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