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Spring back with green during more than half of April (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

recoil

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'spring back' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'green during more than half of april' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'green' could be 'eco' (eco-friendly) and 'eco' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for recoil that I've seen before include "Quail is here!" , "Fossil reptile" , "Feel disgust" , "kickback" , "Flich or kick back" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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