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Drop fruit on physicist's head (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plump

'drop' is the definition.
(I know that plump is a type of drop)

'fruit on physicist's head' is the wordplay.
'fruit' becomes 'plum' (plum is a kind of fruit).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'head' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'physicists' is 'p'.
'plum'+'p'='PLUMP'

(Other definitions for plump that I've seen before include "Opt - round" , "Well rounded - opt suddenly" , "Slightly fat" , "Portly" , "Choose; chubby" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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