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Thick scattering of seed around the end of the garden (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dense

'thick' is the definition.
(I know that thick can be written as dense)

'scattering of seed around the end of the garden' is the wordplay.
'scattering of' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'the end of the' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'garden' is 'n'.
'seed' anagrammed gives 'dese'.
'dese' enclosing 'n' is 'DENSE'.

(Other definitions for dense that I've seen before include "Needs (anag) -- thick" , "Maybe bovine" , "Closely crowded together" , "Close-knit" , "Closely spaced or extremely stupid" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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