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One who grows red with anger, perhaps (8)

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gardener

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'one who grows' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'red with anger perhaps' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'perhaps' is an anagram indicator.
'red' put after 'anger' is 'angerred'.
'angerred' is an anagram of 'GARDENER'.

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(Other definitions for gardener that I've seen before include "Eg, Capability Brown" , "someone in bed" , "Jesus was mistaken for" , "He tends flowers and shrubs" , "Red anger of an outdoor worker" .)

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