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Rising star gets a flower (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

avon

'a flower' is the definition.
(River Avon - something which flows)

'rising star' is the wordplay.
'rising' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'star' becomes 'nova' (nova is a kind of star).
'nova' reversed gives 'AVON'.

'gets' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for avon that I've seen before include "Shakespeare was known as the Bard of . . . ." , "River joining Bath with Bristol" , "Shakespeare its swan" , "River of the Bard" , "[WILTS] flower" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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