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Love to classify fruit (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orange

'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that orange is a type of fruit)

'love to classify' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'to classify' becomes 'range' (range can mean to rank or classify).
'o'+'range'='ORANGE'

(Other definitions for orange that I've seen before include "Go earn the fruit" , "Between red and yellow on the spectrum" , "Round fruit (6)" , "One's pipped" , "Onager (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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