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Fruit for most of month company supplied on time (7)

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I believe the answer is:

apricot

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'fruit for most' is the definition.
'apricot' can be an answer for 'fruit' (type of fruit). I'm not sure about the 'for most' bit.

'month company supplied on time' is the wordplay.
'month' becomes 'Apr' (abbreviation for April).
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'supplied' becomes 'i' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'co' after 'i' is 'ico'.
'apr'+'ico'+'t'='APRICOT'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for apricot that I've seen before include "Yellowish fruit like a small peach" , "Orange-yellow colour; fruit" , "Fruit resembling a peach" , "shade" , "Yellow fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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