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Feathers in fruit tree, silver and blue at the end (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plumage

'feathers' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'fruit tree silver and blue at the end' is the wordplay.
'fruit tree' becomes 'plum' (plum is a kind of fruit tree**).
'silver' becomes 'ag' (Ag is the chemical symbol for silver).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'at the end' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'blue' is 'e'.
'plum'+'ag'+'e'='PLUMAGE'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for plumage that I've seen before include "One's feathers" , "Bird's covering of feathers" , "Cover for diver" , "A bird's feathers, may be fancy" , "coat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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