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Bringing up dried fruit and key (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raising

'bringing up' is the definition.
('raise' can be a synonym of 'bring up')

'dried fruit and key' is the wordplay.
'dried fruit' becomes 'raisin' (raisin is a kind of dried fruit).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'key' becomes 'g' (musical key).
'raisin'+'g'='RAISING'

(Other definitions for raising that I've seen before include "Bringing up" , "Elevating" , "Growing" , "Promoting (in rank)" , "Lifting" .)

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