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Prominent position of land bearing fruit (9)

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I believe the answer is:

limelight

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'prominent position' is the definition.
'limelight' can be an answer for 'position' (limelight is a kind of position). I am not sure about the 'prominent' bit.

'land bearing fruit' is the wordplay.
'land' becomes 'light' (light can mean to settle or land).
'bearing' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fruit' becomes 'lime' (lime is a kind of fruit).
'light' after 'lime' is 'LIMELIGHT'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for limelight that I've seen before include "Celebrity" , "(In the) public eye" , "The illumination on stages, or intense publicity" , "Public notice" , "Charlie Chaplin film" .)

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