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Tidy jasmine at entrance, clipping what's choking it (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

neaten

'tidy' is the definition.
(I know that tidy can be written as neaten)

'jasmine at entrance clipping what's choking it' is the wordplay.
'clipping what's choking it' indicates a hidden word (remove the letters that are smothering the answer).
'NEATEN' is hidden in the letters of 'jasmine at entrance'.

(Other definitions for neaten that I've seen before include "Trim" , "Groom" , "Spruce up" , "Straighten up" , "set in order" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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