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No end of fruit in pub for Simon (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bolivar

'simon' is the definition.
(South American political figure Simon Bolivar)

'no end of fruit in pub' is the wordplay.
'no end of' means to remove the last letter.
'fruit' becomes 'olive' (I've seen this before).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'pub' becomes 'bar' (I've seen this before).
'olive' with its last letter removed is 'oliv'.
'oliv' placed within 'bar' is 'BOLIVAR'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bolivar that I've seen before include "Simon --, South American liberator" , "Founder of Bolivia" , "Basic unit of money in Venezuela" , "Leader of several independence movements by Spain's South American colonies, d. 1830" , "Revolutionary leader" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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