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Fish and a fruit served up (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tuna

'fish' is the definition.
(tuna fish is a kind of fish)

'a fruit served up' is the wordplay.
'fruit' becomes 'nut' (nut is a kind of fruit).
'served up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'a'+'nut'='anut'
'anut' in reverse letter order is 'TUNA'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tuna that I've seen before include "(Meat of) large fish" , "Popular food fish" , "Skipjack --, blue-fin --" , "Fish sold in cans" , "Large fish for the strange aunt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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