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Satisfied after fruit drop down (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plummet

'drop down' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'satisfied after fruit' is the wordplay.
'satisfied' becomes 'met' ('meet' can be a synonym of 'satisfy').
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fruit' becomes 'plum' (plum is a kind of fruit).
'met' after 'plum' is 'PLUMMET'.

(Other definitions for plummet that I've seen before include "Drop at speed" , "Fall headlong" , "Fall rapidly" , "Plunge headlong" , "fall sharply" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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