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Go near rotten fruit (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orange

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

'go near rotten' is the wordplay.
'rotten' indicates an anagram.
'go'+'near'='gonear'
'gonear' with letters rearranged gives 'ORANGE'.

(Other definitions for orange that I've seen before include "stocking filler" , "Onager (anag.)" , "Name of reigning house of the Netherlands" , "Belisha beacon colour" , "Loyalist colour" .)

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