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Brown jelly over fruit (7)

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I believe the answer is:

tangelo

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'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that tangelo is a fruit)

'brown jelly over' is the wordplay.
'brown' becomes 'tan' (tan is a kind of brown).
'jelly' becomes 'oleg' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'over' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'oleg' in reverse letter order is 'gelo'.
'tan'+'gelo'='TANGELO'

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(Other definitions for tangelo that I've seen before include "Citrus hybrid - goal net (anag)" , "Hybrid fruit; eat long (anag.)" , "one cross, sour" , "Citrus fruit hybrid" , "sharp cross" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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