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Pulls grass up (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

draws

'pulls' is the definition.
(I know this)

'grass up' is the wordplay.
'grass' becomes 'sward' (literary term for grass).
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'sward' reversed gives 'DRAWS'.

(Other definitions for draws that I've seen before include "Match results without winners" , "Sketches" , "proves alluring" , "Gets out" , "lugs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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