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Its fruits are possibly ripe after one short month (7)

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I believe the answer is:

juniper

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'its fruits' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'possibly ripe after one short month' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'one short month' becomes 'jun' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ripe' with letters rearranged gives 'iper'.
'iper' after 'jun' is 'JUNIPER'.

'are' is the link.

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(Other definitions for juniper that I've seen before include "Shrub providing flavour for gin" , "Evergreen shrub or small tree with berry-like cones" , "kind of berries" , "Its cones are used to flavour gin" , "Plant producing berries used to flavour gin" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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