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Old pale green plastic provides covering for fruit (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orange peel

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'covering for fruit' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both plants as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'old pale green plastic' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (abbreviation as in OT - Old Testament).
'plastic' is an anagram indicator (plastic can mean easily moulded).
'pale'+'green'='palegreen'
'palegreen' with letters rearranged gives 'rangepeel'.
'o'+'rangepeel'='ORANGE-PEEL'

'provides' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for orange peel that I've seen before include "Rind often candied" , "Pithy stuff" , "Bit of fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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