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Fact fee fret funny further fruit? (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aftereffect

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'further fruit?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'fact fee fret funny' is the wordplay.
'funny' indicates anagramming the letters.
'fact'+'fee'+'fret'='factfeefret'
'factfeefret' is an anagram of 'AFTEREFFECT'.

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(Other definitions for aftereffect that I've seen before include "Result following on" , "Persisting change" .)

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