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More mature fruit used to make wine (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elderberry

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'fruit used to make wine' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'more mature' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'more mature' could be 'elder' (I've seen this before) and 'elder' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'berry' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for elderberry that I've seen before include "Fruit used to make wine" , "Wine or jelly can be made from this" , "Fruit used for home-made wine" , "Fruit used for cordial" , "Tree fruit used for wine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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