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A rotten crop -- it is fruit (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apricot

'is fruit' is the definition.
(type of fruit)

'a rotten crop it' is the wordplay.
'rotten' indicates an anagram.
'crop'+'it'='cropit'
'cropit' is an anagram of 'pricot'.
'a'+'pricot'='APRICOT'

(Other definitions for apricot that I've seen before include "Orange fruit" , "Orange-yellow fruit in plum family" , "Stoned fruit" , "tree" , "Orange-yellow colour; fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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