Tree area rising becoming adequate (5)

Independent Cryptic #11804 | 3 Down | 2024-08-09
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

MAPLE (a type of tree), with the A (abbreviation for area) moving to the start (to the top, in a down clue = rising). I’d have said that adequate = enough, and ample = more than enough. But it’s the same general idea.

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