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Strive to give height to a tree! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fight

'strive' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'height to a tree' is the wordplay.
'height' becomes 'ht' (abbreviation).
'to a' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'tree' becomes 'fig' (fig tree is a kind of tree).
'ht' put after 'fig' is 'FIGHT'.

'to give' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for fight that I've seen before include "(Take part in) battle" , "Attack or engage in combat" , "Scrap" , "Conflict" , "Contend" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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