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Fruit found by animal in the edges of cultivated wood (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chipboard

'wood' is the definition.

'fruit found by animal in the edges of cultivated' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'fruit' could be 'hip' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'hip' is found in the answer.
'animal' could be 'boar' (I've seen this before) and 'boar' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

(Other definitions for chipboard that I've seen before include "employed in the building trade" , "Pieces of wood bound together in sheets" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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