Almonds one scattered around mountains produce fruit (7,3,6)
I believe the answer is:
oranges and lemons
'fruit' is the definition.
(oranges and lemons are fruit)
'almonds one scattered around mountains' is the wordplay.
'scattered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'mountains' becomes 'ranges' (mountain ranges).
'almonds'+'one'='almondsone'
'almondsone' anagrammed gives 'oandlemons'.
'oandlemons' going around 'ranges' is 'ORANGES AND LEMONS'.
'produce' acts as a link.
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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