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Pop round to get cheese, forgetting ‘thank you’ for fruit (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apricot

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'fruit' is the definition.
(type of fruit)

'pop round to get cheese forgetting thank you' is the wordplay.
'pop round' becomes 'ap' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'to get' says to put letters next to each other.
'cheese' becomes 'ricotta' (ricotta is a type of cheese).
'forgetting' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'thank you' becomes 'ta' (informal way of saying thank you).
'ricotta' with 'ta' taken away is 'ricot'.
'ap'+'ricot'='APRICOT'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for apricot that I've seen before include "I part co with the fruit" , "Fruit from a tropic" , "Soft, peach-like fruit" , "Luscious fruit" , "Juicy stone-fruit related to plum and peach" .)

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