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A lot of pleasure supplied by peel of lemony fruit (6)

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I believe the answer is:

lychee

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'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that lychee is a fruit)

'a lot of pleasure supplied by peel of lemony' is the wordplay.
'a lot' becomes 'c'.
'of pleasure' becomes 'hee' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'supplied by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'peel of' suggests removing the centre (the outer letters or peel are used).
'lemony' with its middle taken out is 'ly'.
'c'+'hee'='chee'
'chee' after 'ly' is 'LYCHEE'.

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(Other definitions for lychee that I've seen before include "Popular Chinese fruit" , "Litchi" , "Oriental fruit" , "Rough-skinned fruit" , "Juicy Chinese fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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