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Invoice north-west town, we're told, for fruit (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bilberry

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

'invoice north-west town we're told' is the wordplay.
'invoice' becomes 'bil' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'north-west town' becomes 'bury'.
'we're told' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'bury' is a homophone of 'berry'.
'bil'+'berry'='BILBERRY'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bilberry that I've seen before include "Edible fruit" , "Hardy shrub with red flowers and blue fruit" , "Fruit; rib Beryl (anag)" , "Fruit growing on moorland" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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