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Fruit drink primarily avoided after cold (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cherry

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'fruit' is the definition.
(cherry is a kind of fruit)

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(Other definitions for cherry that I've seen before include "Cerise" , ""Loveliest of trees, the ____ now" (Housman)" , "Red fruit with a single hard stone" , "'Tree, fruit and colour (6)'" , "Tree with stoned fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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