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Trimmed privet maybe after spending hour with daughter (5)

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I believe the answer is:

edged

'trimmed' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'privet maybe after spending hour with daughter' is the wordplay.
'privet maybe' becomes 'hedge' (type of hedge).
'after spending' indicates named letters should be taken away (spend can mean to lose or give away).
'hour' becomes 'h'.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'hedge' with 'h' taken away is 'edge'.
'edge'+'d'='EDGED'

(Other definitions for edged that I've seen before include "with the ability to cut" , "Inched" , "Advanced slowly sideways" , "Move gradually sideways" , "Moved gradually sideways" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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