Prunes and other fruit delivered (5)

I believe the answer is:

pares

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'prunes' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for pares that I've seen before include "Trims, say a pencil" , "Trims by cutting away" , "Sharpens like pencil" , "Shaves pencil to sharpen" , "Sharpens in spare way" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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