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Fruit leaves perhaps for pudding (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

plum duff

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'for pudding' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fruit leaves' is the wordplay.
'fruit' becomes 'plum' (plum is a kind of fruit).
'leaves' becomes 'duff' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'plum'+'duff'='PLUM-DUFF'

'perhaps' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for plum duff that I've seen before include "Sweet" , "Suet pudding" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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