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Wise snips tidied up tree (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

swiss pine

'tree' is the definition.
(Swiss pine is an example)

'wise snips tidied up' is the wordplay.
'tidied up' indicates an anagram.
'wise'+'snips'='wisesnips'
'wisesnips' is an anagram of 'SWISS PINE'.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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