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A cereal crop and fruit from a tree (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acorn

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'fruit from a tree' is the definition.
'acorn' can be an answer for 'fruit' (acorn is a kind of fruit). I'm not sure about the 'from a tree' bit.

'a cereal crop and' is the wordplay.
'cereal' becomes 'corn' (corn is a kind of cereal).
'crop' means to remove the last letter.
'and' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and').
'corn' with its last letter removed is 'cor'.
'a'+'cor'+'n'='ACORN'

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(Other definitions for acorn that I've seen before include "from which something bigger may develop" , "Fruit-seed of the oak" , "Nut of oak tree" , "mast" , "old computer?" .)

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