### Clue: Does this suit a gardener's needs? (5)
### Answer: SPADE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Does this suit a gardener's needs?
  Cryptic defn. of a gardener's tool which, in the plural, is also a suit in a deck of playing cards.
Answer:  Also, Sam Spade, tough guy detective, created by American Dashiell Hammett.