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Family called about old English fruit (5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blood orange

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'fruit' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'family called about old english' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'family' could be 'blood' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'blood' is found in the answer.
'called' could be 'rang' ('ring' can be a synonym of 'call') and 'rang' is found in the answer.
'old' could be 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is present in the answer.
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 blood orange that I've seen before include "Fruit" , "Citrus variety" .)

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