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Nothing survives on fruit, it seems (6)

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I believe the answer is:

olives

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'fruit it seems' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'nothing survives on' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'survives' becomes 'lives' ('live' can be a synonym of 'survive').
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'o'+'lives'='OLIVES'

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(Other definitions for olives that I've seen before include "Yellowish green fruits" , "Small tree-fruits - so live" , "Fruits from the tree of peace" , "'Oddly, I loves these fruits (6)'" , "Trees grown for their oil-producing fruit" .)

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