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Native American's needs grew after development (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

sedge wren

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'native american's' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.

'needs grew after development' is the wordplay.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'development' is an anagram indicator.
'needs'+'grew'='needsgrew'
'needsgrew' anagrammed gives 'SEDGE-WREN'.

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