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Possibly prickly fruit? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pear

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'possibly prickly fruit?' is the definition.
'pear' can be an answer for 'fruit?' (pear is a kind of fruit). I'm not certain of the 'possibly prickly' bit.

'prickly fruit?' is the wordplay.
'prickly' becomes 'p' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'fruit?' becomes 'ear' (ear is a kind of fruit).
'p'+'ear'='PEAR'

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(Other definitions for pear that I've seen before include "Brand" , "Cone-shaped fruit" , "Variety of pome" , "Conference, perhaps" , "Tasty fruit to reap" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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