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Rake around garden primarily to remove unwanted plants (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rogue

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'remove unwanted plants' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'rake around garden primarily' is the wordplay.
'rake' becomes 'roue' (both can mean an immoral man).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'primarily' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'garden' is 'g'.
'roue' placed around 'g' is 'ROGUE'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rogue that I've seen before include "Scamp" , "Baddy" , "Scally" , "Deceitful and unreliable scoundrel" , "Bad guy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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