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Fruit reduced by penny when sold alone? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

each

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'penny when sold alone?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'fruit reduced' is the wordplay.
'fruit' becomes 'peach' (type of fruit).
'reduced' means to remove the first letter.
'peach' with its first letter taken off is 'EACH'.

'by' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for each that I've seen before include "every one individually" , "Every - apiece" , "This way for a place" , "Every one of a number" , "every one of a group" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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