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Adele occasionally accommodated by fruit seller (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pedlar

'seller' is the definition.
(I know that pedlar is a type of seller)

'adele occasionally accommodated by fruit' is the wordplay.
'occasionally' indicates alternate letters.
'accommodated by' is an insertion indicator.
'fruit' becomes 'pear' (pear is a kind of fruit).
The alternating letters of 'adele' are 'dl'.
'dl' going within 'pear' is 'PEDLAR'.

(Other definitions for pedlar that I've seen before include "Travelling merchant" , "Itinerant trader" , "Itinerant seller" , "Person who sells door-to-door" , "Travelling vendor of small goods" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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