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Heavy weight of fruit picked up (5)

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I believe the answer is:

plumb

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'heavy weight' is the definition.
'plumb' can be an answer for 'weight' (plumbing is a kind of weighting). I'm not certain of the 'heavy' bit.

'fruit picked up' is the wordplay.
'fruit' becomes 'plum' (plum is a kind of fruit).
'picked up' shows a homophone (sound like).
'plum' is a homophone of 'PLUMB'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for plumb that I've seen before include "Lead weight for measuring depth" , "Exactly - . . . . . in the middle" , "For Americans, quite" , "Vertical; measure (depth)" , "Get to the bottom of the matter or depths" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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