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Reportedly insect gets leaf to chew (5)

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I believe the answer is:

betel

'leaf to chew' is the definition.
(edible leaf)

'reportedly insect' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'insect' becomes 'beetle' (beetle is a kind of insect).
'beetle' sounds like 'BETEL'.

'gets' is the link.

(Other definitions for betel that I've seen before include "Leaf or nut chewed in SE Asia" , "Asian tree, whose nuts and leaves are chewed as a narcotic" , "Plant leaf chewed in the East" , "Asian feather palm" , "Palm with nuts for chewing" .)

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