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Spring gave heart to the Pharisees (5)

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I believe the answer is:

arise

'spring' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'heart to the pharisees' is the wordplay.
'heart' says to take the centre.
'to the pharisees' becomes 'pharisees'.
The central letters of 'pharisees' are 'ARISE'.

'gave' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for arise that I've seen before include "Emerge" , "Originate; stand up" , "Occur; stand up" , "Crop up" , "result" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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