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David's subject picking up some fruit, a rambutan (5)

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I believe the answer is:

marat

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'david's subject picking' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'up some fruit a rambutan' is the wordplay.
'up' says the letters should be written in reverse (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'some' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (some of the parts of the word are used).
'taram' is hidden in the letters of 'fruit a rambutan'.
'taram' backwards is 'MARAT'.

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(Other definitions for marat that I've seen before include "Charlotte Corday victim" , "murdered radical" , "revolutionary stabbed" , "French revolutionary killed by Charlotte Corday" , "French revolutionary politician" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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