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Fruit that stinks when filled with honey (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pomelo

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'fruit' is the definition.
(pomelo is a kind of fruit)

'stinks when filled with honey' is the wordplay.
'stinks when' becomes 'poo' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'filled with' is an insertion indicator.
'honey' becomes 'mel' (Latin name for honey).
'poo' placed around 'mel' is 'POMELO'.

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(Other definitions for pomelo that I've seen before include "Largest citrus fruit" , "Shaddock" .)

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