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Pineapple in garden English cultivated (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grenade

'pineapple' is the definition.
(pineapple can informally mean a grenade)

'garden english cultivated' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'cultivated' indicates anagramming the letters.
'garden'+'e'='gardene'
'gardene' with letters rearranged gives 'GRENADE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for grenade that I've seen before include "Missile thrown" , "Small bomb thrown by hand" , "Bomb with a pin" , "Angered (anag)" , "Small explosive device" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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