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Steal fruit from rotten curs and a politician (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scrump

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'steal fruit' is the definition.
The definition suggests a verb in its base form which matches the answer.

'rotten curs and a politician' is the wordplay.
'rotten' is an anagram indicator.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'a politician' becomes 'MP' (Member of Parliament).
'curs' is an anagram of 'scru'.
'scru'+'mp'='SCRUMP'

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for scrump that I've seen before include "Steal (fruit) from an orchard" , "Nick in garden" , "steal from farmer" , "Nick apples" , "Steal apples from trees" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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