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Man raised fruit (4)

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I believe the answer is:

emil

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'man' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'raised fruit' is the wordplay.
'raised' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'fruit' becomes 'lime' (lime is a kind of fruit).
'lime' reversed gives 'EMIL'.

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(Other definitions for emil that I've seen before include "German boy" , "French boy's name" , "- - Zatopek, Olympic runner" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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