Explain cryptic clue on ‘Indian fruit’ (9)
I believe the answer is:
elucidate
'explain' is the definition.
(elucidating is a kind of explaining)
'cryptic clue on indian fruit' is the wordplay.
'cryptic' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'indian' becomes 'i' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'fruit' becomes 'date' (date is a kind of fruit).
'clue' is an anagram of 'eluc'.
'eluc'+'i'+'date'='ELUCIDATE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for elucidate that I've seen before include "Shed light on, clarify" , "Throw light on a problem, make clear (9)" , "Make clear, explain" , "Make clear and more comprehensible" , "Shed light upon" .)