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Not one large citrus fruit turned white (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

semillon

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'white' is the definition.
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'not one large citrus fruit turned' is the wordplay.
'not' becomes 'no' (negative).
'one large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
'citrus fruit' becomes 'limes' (I've seen this before).
'turned' says the letters should be written backwards.
'no'+'l'+'limes'='nollimes'
'nollimes' in reverse letter order is 'SEMILLON'.

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(Other definitions for semillon that I've seen before include "Wine grape" , "alcoholic drink" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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