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Cut fruit, shade of green (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pea

'shade of green' is the definition.

'cut fruit' is the wordplay.
'cut' means to remove the last letter.
'fruit' becomes 'pear' (pear is a kind of fruit).
'pear' with its last letter removed is 'PEA'.

(Other definitions for pea that I've seen before include "Vegetable in a whistle" , "Leguminous plant" , "Edible green seed" , "Climbing plant; vegetable" , "Edible seed from pod" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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