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Len has consumed some more fruit! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lemon

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

'len has consumed some more' is the wordplay.
'len has' becomes 'leon' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'consumed' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'some more' becomes 'm'.
'leon' enclosing 'm' is 'LEMON'.

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(Other definitions for lemon that I've seen before include "Fruit - useless thing" , "certainly not a plum!" , "Fruit (which is proverbially "the answer")" , "something unattractive" , "Defective object" .)

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