Dates doctor that is in front of Daphne and Olive (10)

I believe the answer is:

driedfruit

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'dates' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'doctor that is in front of daphne and olive' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'Dr' (abbreviation).
'that is' becomes 'ie' (short for Latin 'id est', 'that is').
'in front of' says to take the initial letters.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'olive' becomes 'fruit' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The initial letter of 'daphne' is 'd'.
'dr'+'ie'+'d'+'fruit'='DRIEDFRUIT'

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I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and The Irish Times.

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