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Place for Hugo Boss to cultivate (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plough

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'cultivate' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'place for hugo boss' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'place' could be 'pl' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'pl' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'hugo' is 'ough' which is within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for plough that I've seen before include "Soil-breaker" , "fail exam" , "Farm tool and star formation" , "Farming implement; constellation" , "Harrow?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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