Nine crates of mixed fruit (10)
I believe the answer is:
nectarines
'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that nectarines is a fruit)
'nine crates of mixed' is the wordplay.
'of mixed' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'mixed' mean this).
'nine'+'crates'='ninecrates'
'ninecrates' is an anagram of 'NECTARINES'.
I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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