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Fruit is in water (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raisin

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

'is in water' is the wordplay.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'water' becomes 'rain' (rain is a kind of water).
'is' placed inside 'rain' is 'RAISIN'.

(Other definitions for raisin that I've seen before include "fruit product" , "Dried red grape" , "Dried fruit" , "A dried grape, nice in cake" , "Dried 18" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Telegraph.
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