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Dried fruit is getting wet (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raisin

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'dried fruit' is the definition.
(raisin is a kind of dried fruit)

'is getting wet' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'is' is found in the answer.
'wet' could be 'rain' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'rain' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for raisin that I've seen before include "sultana, say" , "Somewhat dry fruit" , "Large dried grape" , "Dried grape used in cakes" , "A dried grape, nice in cake" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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