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British fruit and nuts (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bananas

'nuts' is the definition.
(as in crazy)

'british fruit' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'fruit' becomes 'ananas' (ananas is a kind of fruit).
'b'+'ananas'='BANANAS'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for bananas that I've seen before include "Crazed" , "nutty" , "Fruit - nuts" , "Mad - curved fruits" , "Fruit; mad" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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