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Almost a month before the beds bear fruit (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apricots

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'bear fruit' is the definition.
'apricots' can be an answer for 'fruit' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'bear' bit.

'almost a month before the beds' is the wordplay.
'almost' becomes 'i' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a month' becomes 'apr' (abbreviation for April).
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the beds' becomes 'cots' (cot is a kind of bed).
'i' after 'apr' is 'apri'.
'apri'+'cots'='APRICOTS'

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(Other definitions for apricots that I've seen before include "Orange fruit" , "Tip Oscar to get the fruits" , "Rio pacts produce the fruit" , "Rio pacts about the fruits" , "Car is top (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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