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Praise Australian cutting orchard fruit (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

applause

'praise' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'australian cutting orchard fruit' is the wordplay.
'australian' becomes 'aus' (common abbreviation).
'cutting' is an insertion indicator (some letters cut their way into a word).
'orchard fruit' becomes 'apple' (I've seen this before).
'aus' going within 'apple' is 'APPLAUSE'.

(Other definitions for applause that I've seen before include "Acclamation" , "round, perhaps?" , "giving a hand?" , "Appreciative claps" , "Clapping US appeal?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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