Metal from a can containing fruit? On the contrary (8)
I believe the answer is:
platinum
'metal' is the definition.
(platinum is a kind of metal)
'a can containing fruit? on the contrary' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'can' could be 'tin' (synonyms) and 'tin' is found in the answer.
'fruit?' could be 'plum' (plum is a kind of fruit) and 'plum' is found in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for platinum that I've seen before include "Valuable silvery metal" , "Valuable substance" , "Heavy precious metallic element" , "Silver-white precious metal" , "Type of blonde; best-selling (record)" .)