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Parking by a mango tree, about to get fruit (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pomegranate

'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that pomegranate is a type of fruit)

'parking by a mango tree about' is the wordplay.
'parking' becomes 'p' (abbreviation on road signs).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'mango'+'tree'='amangotree'
'amangotree' with letters rearranged gives 'omegranate'.
'p'+'omegranate'='POMEGRANATE'

'to get' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pomegranate that I've seen before include "Fruit with many seeds in edible flesh" , "seedy stuff" , "Semitropical fruit with many seeds" , "fruit, please!" , "tree" .)

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