Fruit supplier let paper be sent east (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
apple tree
'fruit supplier' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both plants as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'let paper be sent east' is the wordplay.
'be sent' indicates an anagram (send can mean to excite or stimulate).
'east' becomes 'e' (synonyms).
'let'+'paper'='letpaper'
'letpaper' is an anagram of 'appletre'.
'appletre'+'e'='APPLE-TREE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for apple tree that I've seen before include "Plant bearing pippins" , "Source of the growth that inspired Newton?" , "fruit producer" , "source of fruit" , "where Jonathan hangs out" .)