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Peels juicy snacks loudly (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pears

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'peels juicy snacks loudly' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'peels juicy snacks loudly' is the wordplay.
'peels' says to take the centre (I've seen 'peel' mean this).
'juicy' becomes 'sappy' (similar in meaning).
'snacks loudly' becomes 'ears' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The middle letter of 'sappy' is 'p'.
'p'+'ears'='PEARS'

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(Other definitions for pears that I've seen before include "Juicy fruits - spare them" , "Sweet juicy fruits" , "Fruit trees" , "Fruit - singer with ..." .)

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