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Married Australian brought in character not from Oz — the fruit of love? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

tomato

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'oz the fruit of love?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'married australian brought in character not' is the wordplay.
'married' becomes 'm' (abbreviation, e.g. in genealogy).
'australian' becomes 'A' (common abbreviation).
'brought in' is an insertion indicator.
'character not' becomes 'toto' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'm'+'a'='ma'
'ma' inserted into 'toto' is 'TOMATO'.

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tomato that I've seen before include "Also called the love apple" , "Pulpy edible fruit" , "Part of a BLT sandwich" , "Love apple (archaic)" , "Red fruit eaten as veg" .)

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