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Fruit from V&A rejected by grocery deliverers (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

avocado

'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that avocado is a type of fruit)

'va rejected by grocery deliverers' is the wordplay.
'rejected' says the letters should be written backwards.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'grocery deliverers' becomes 'Ocado' (Ocado is an online grocery store).
'va' back-to-front is 'av'.
'av'+'ocado'='AVOCADO'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for avocado that I've seen before include "A posh tropical pear" , "Ingredient of guacamole" , "Savoury pear-shaped fruit" , "Tropical tree - edible green-skinned fruit" , "Tropical salad ingredient" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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