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Tulip farm on the bottom of the river? (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flower bed

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'tulip farm' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adjective which matches the answer.

'on the bottom of the river?' is the wordplay.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'the bottom of' becomes 'bed' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the river?' becomes 'flower' (a river flows).
'bed' put after 'flower' is 'FLOWER-BED'.

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