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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PUPATE which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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verb

• develop into a pupa

33%4Grub for a grub
noun

• the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

• a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)

• hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)

verb

• look through a book or other written material

• turn over pages

• produce leaves, of plants

25%10 Leaf-munching grub
noun

• green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees

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