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Fruit, it's a necessity when retired (7)

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I believe the answer is:

satsuma

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

'a necessity when retired' is the wordplay.
'necessity' becomes 'must' (I've seen this in another clue).
'when' becomes 'as' (eg 'when I walked' means 'as I walked').
'retired' is a reversal indicator.
'a'+'must'+'as'='amustas'
'amustas' written backwards gives 'SATSUMA'.

'it's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for satsuma that I've seen before include "Seasonal orange" , "Citrus fruit; Jap. pottery" , "Kind of mandarin orange" , "Orange, district and style of Japanese pottery" , "Citrus tree named after an old Japanese province" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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