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Left omens about fruit (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lemons

'fruit' is the definition.

'left omens about' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'about' indicates an anagram.
'omens' with letters rearranged gives 'emons'.
'l'+'emons'='LEMONS'

(Other definitions for lemons that I've seen before include "Citrus friuts" , "Strangely melons could be citrus fruits" , "Could strange melons be citrus?" .)

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