Loses wild fruit (5)

I believe the answer is:

sloes

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'loses wild fruit' is the definition.
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'loses wild' is the wordplay.
'wild' indicates anagramming the letters.
'loses' with letters rearranged gives 'SLOES'.

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(Another definition for sloes that I've seen is " Fruit of the blackthorn".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.

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