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Fruit-roll in bundled parcel (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crab apple

'fruit' is the definition.
(crab apple is a kind of fruit)

'roll in bundled parcel' is the wordplay.
'roll' becomes 'bap' (I've seen this before).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bundled' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'bundle' mean this).
'parcel' anagrammed gives 'craple'.
'bap' put into 'craple' is 'CRAB-APPLE'.

(Other definitions for crab apple that I've seen before include "Fruit tree with sour bright red crop" , "Wild fruit used for jam" , "Tart fruit for making jam and jelly" , "Tree bearing fruit for jelly" , "Wild fruit for jelly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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