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Climbing plant's perfumed fruit cut back (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sweet pea

'climbing plant's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'perfumed fruit cut back' is the wordplay.
'perfumed' becomes 'sweet' (synonyms).
'fruit' becomes 'pear' (pear is a kind of fruit).
'cut back' means to remove the last letter.
'pear' with its final letter taken away is 'pea'.
'sweet'+'pea'='SWEET PEA'

(Other definitions for sweet pea that I've seen before include "bloomer" , "Climbing garden plant - saw tepee (anag)" , "Climbing pant" , "Climbing plant with fragrant flowers" , "Saccaharine legume for favourite flower" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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