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Embargo not applicable about a fruit (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

banana

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'fruit' is the definition.
(type of fruit)

'embargo not applicable about a' is the wordplay.
'embargo' becomes 'ban' (I've seen this in other clues).
'not applicable' becomes 'na' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'about' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'na' in reverse letter order is 'an'.
'ban'+'an'+'a'='BANANA'

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(Other definitions for banana that I've seen before include "Sub-tropical fruit" , "Tropical yellow fruit" , "that may be unzipped" , "Fruit item" , "6 Yellow fruit" .)

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