Find fruit oddly pricey - is there anything more typically American? (5-3)
I believe the answer is:
apple-pie
'there anything more typically american?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'find fruit oddly pricey' is the wordplay.
'find fruit' becomes 'apple' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in odd-numbered positions).
The alternating letters of 'pricey' are 'pie'.
'apple'+'pie'='APPLE-PIE'
'is' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for apple-pie that I've seen before include "Popular dessert" , "Common dessert" , "Fruit dessert (with order suggesting perfection?)" , "Sweet (in good order?)" , "(Characteristically American) sweet" .)