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Opens mouth, but runs out of fruit (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gapes

'opens mouth' is the definition.

I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for gapes that I've seen before include "Looks amazedly into pages" , "Opens mouth wide in surprise" , "Stares at with mouth wide open" , "Looks on with open mouth" , "Yawns" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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