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A pair I caught to come up with fruit (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apricot

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

'a pair i caught to come up' is the wordplay.
'a pair i' becomes 'apri' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'come up' is a reversal indicator.
'to' in reverse letter order is 'ot'.
'apri'+'c'+'ot'='APRICOT'

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for apricot that I've seen before include "Orange fruit" , "Orange-yellow fruit in plum family" , "Orange-coloured fruit" , "Soft, peach-like fruit" , "shade" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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