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Fruit making tongue acquire colour (8,6)

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I believe the answer is:

mandarin orange

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

'tongue acquire colour' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'tongue' could be 'mandarin' (Mandarin is an example) and 'mandarin' is found within the answer.
'colour' could be 'orange' (orange is a kind of colour) and 'orange' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'making' is the link.

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(Another definition for mandarin orange that I've seen is " Chinese round stove in which there's fruit".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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