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Alas, nut wrong fruit! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sultana

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

'alas nut wrong' is the wordplay.
'wrong' is an anagram indicator.
'alas'+'nut'='alasnut'
'alasnut' anagrammed gives 'SULTANA'.

(Other definitions for sultana that I've seen before include "Small dried fruit" , "sovereign's woman" , "Shrivelled up" , "Dried white grape" , "Dried pale yellow seedless grape" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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