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Nothing charged for fruit (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

olive

'for fruit' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'nothing charged' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'charged' becomes 'live' (I've seen this before).
'o'+'live'='OLIVE'

(Other definitions for olive that I've seen before include "Small green tree-fruit, nice in martini" , "Girl's name - colour" , "A Med. fruit" , "Fruit; Popeye's girlfriend" , "Type of green" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Guardian.
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