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Barren cry, ordering fruit (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cranberry

'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that cranberry is a type of berry)

'barren cry ordering' is the wordplay.
'ordering' indicates anagramming the letters.
'barren'+'cry'='barrencry'
'barrencry' with letters rearranged gives 'CRANBERRY'.

(Other definitions for cranberry that I've seen before include "Sauce ingredient" , "with 30 [SAUCE] an accompaniment to 7 [TURKEY]" , "The sauce for Christmas turkey" , "Shrub with red fruit" , "Fruit used in cooking" .)

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