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Nothing charged for Mediterranean fruit (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

olive

'mediterranean 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 in other clues).
'o'+'live'='OLIVE'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for olive that I've seen before include "Small green Mediterranean tree fruit, nice in martini" , "Small green Mediterranean tree-fruit (5)" , "Mediterranean fruit or greenish colour" , "Cocktail fruit" , "Fruit giving oil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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