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In the net, I wrapped the passion fruit (9)

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I believe the answer is:

tangerine

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'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that tangerine is a fruit)

'in the net i wrapped the passion' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'net' becomes 'ne' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'wrapped' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the passion' becomes 'anger' (I've seen this in another clue).
't'+'ne'='tne'
'tne' going around 'i' is 'tine'.
'tine' going around 'anger' is 'TANGERINE'.

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(Other definitions for tangerine that I've seen before include "Tree" , "Kind of orange" , "Small orange" , "Small orange-like fruit (from North Africa?)" , "orange colour" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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