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Cheers! Australia's booted out tech giant (5)

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I believe the answer is:

apple

'tech giant' is the definition.
(Apple is a technology company)

'cheers australia's booted out' is the wordplay.
'cheers' becomes 'applause' (cheers from an audience).
'australia's' becomes 'au's'.
'booted out' is a deletion indicator.
'applause' with 'aus' taken away is 'APPLE'.

(Other definitions for apple that I've seen before include "award from Paris" , "Eve's fruit" , "Beneficiary of 23 [LOVELACE]" , "One poisoned Disney's Snow White" , "Pome fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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