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Contents of salads replaced by fruit or asparagus? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spears

'asparagus?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'contents of salads replaced by fruit' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'fruit' could be 'pea' (pea is a kind of fruit) and 'pea' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'or' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for spears that I've seen before include "Bits of green veg" , "Long pointed weapons" , "Long weapons with a sharp points" , "stickers" , "pop singer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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