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No good growing tiny fruit (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raisin

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'tiny fruit' is the definition.
'raisin' can be an answer for 'fruit' (raisin is a kind of fruit). I am not certain of the 'tiny' bit.

'no good growing' is the wordplay.
'no' suggests deleting specific letters.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'growing' becomes 'raising' ('raise' can be a synonym of 'grow').
'raising' with 'g' taken away is 'RAISIN'.

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(Other definitions for raisin that I've seen before include "A dried grape, nice in cake" , "An iris (anag)" , "Somewhat dry fruit" , "Cultivating" , "Dried grape used in cakes" .)

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