Macabre, speaking to further tree (8)

Guardian Cryptic #29076 | 6 Down | 2023-05-22
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

Not sure about this – could be a homophone of “sick” (macabre) + MORE (further), but then where does the A come from? Or is it “sicker”? Or should the clue read “…to a further tree”?

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