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Fruit for Wilhelm I, cutting into large one (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lichi

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

'wilhelm i cutting into large one' is the wordplay.
'wilhelm i' becomes 'ich' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cutting into' is an insertion indicator.
'large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'l'+'i'='li'
'ich' going within 'li' is 'LICHI'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for lichi that I've seen before include "Exotic fruit" , "(Chinese) fruit (tree)" .)

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