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Fruit brown, green is unlikely (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tangerines

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

'brown green is unlikely' is the wordplay.
'brown' becomes 'tan' (tan is a kind of brown).
'unlikely' indicates anagramming the letters.
'green'+'is'='greenis'
'greenis' anagrammed gives 'gerines'.
'tan'+'gerines'='TANGERINES'

(Other definitions for tangerines that I've seen before include "fruit" , "Citrus fruits" , "Natives of Tangiers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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