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Spring day with Easter's first card (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spade

'card' is the definition.
(the spades are a playing card suit)

'spring day with easter's first' is the wordplay.
'spring' becomes 'spa' (spa can mean a mineral spring).
'day' becomes 'd' (abbreviation for day).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'easter's first' becomes 'e' (1st letter of 'easter').
'spa'+'d'+'e'='SPADE'

(Other definitions for spade that I've seen before include "one of thirteen?" , "Digging implement" , "Gardening tool (maybe so called)" , "10

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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