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Shot under pine makes green (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unripened

'green' is the definition.
(I know that green can be written as unripened)

'shot under pine' is the wordplay.
'shot' indicates an anagram.
'under'+'pine'='underpine'
'underpine' anagrammed gives 'UNRIPENED'.

'makes' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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