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Hideous-sounding fruit (4)

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ugli

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

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(Other definitions for ugli that I've seen before include "Jamaican form of 6" , "mixed fruit" , "Grapefruit/tangerine hybrid" , "Cross between Seville orange, grapefruit and tangerine" , "Mottled tangelo hybrid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post Sunday and The Mirror.
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