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Gardner pursuing good high-class fruit (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

guava

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

'gardner pursuing good high-class' is the wordplay.
'gardner' becomes 'ava' (Ava Gardner).
'pursuing' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'high class' becomes 'u'.
'g'+'u'='gu'
'ava' after 'gu' is 'GUAVA'.

(Other definitions for guava that I've seen before include "South American fruit" , "Tropical fruit with yellow skin and pink pulp" , "Pale orange tropical fruit" , "Leaving body" , "Tropical tree with yellow fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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