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Orchard's initial scope for fruit (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orange

'for fruit' is the definition.
(orange is a kind of fruit)

'orchard's initial scope' is the wordplay.
'initial' indicates taking the first letters.
'scope' becomes 'range' (synonyms).
The first letter of 'orchard' is 'o'.
'o'+'range'='ORANGE'

(Other definitions for orange that I've seen before include "tree" , "Belisha beacon colour" , "divided internally, naturally" , "shade" , "An ogre (anag.)" .)

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