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Swede possibly excited to make unexpected appearance (4,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crop up

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'to make unexpected appearance' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'swede possibly excited' is the wordplay.
'swede possibly' becomes 'crop' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'excited' becomes 'up'.
'crop'+'up'='CROP UP'

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(Other definitions for crop up that I've seen before include "Occur unexpectedly - as part of harvest?" , "Appear unexpectedly" , "Happen" , "Occur by chance - like harvest?" , "Occur, arise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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