The perils of digging up gardens (7)

I believe the answer is:

dangers

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'the perils' is the definition.
('danger' can be a synonym of 'peril')

'up gardens' is the wordplay.
'up' is an anagram indicator (letters get chucked up).
'gardens' with letters rearranged gives 'DANGERS'.

'of digging' is the link.
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(Other definitions for dangers that I've seen before include "Perils" , "Gardens (anag.)" , "Hazards" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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