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Fruit as seen by a ruler (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sultanas

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

'as seen by a ruler' is the wordplay.
'seen by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a ruler' becomes 'sultan' (sultan is a kind of ruler).
'as' after 'sultan' is 'SULTANAS'.

(Other definitions for sultanas that I've seen before include "Dried fruit - female relatives of a Muslim ruler" , "Currants" , "Dried seedless grapes" , "concubines" .)

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