Seems dad has turned against fruit (7)

I believe the answer is:

appears

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'seems dad' is the definition.
'appears' can be an answer for 'seems' ('appear' can be a synonym of 'seem'). I'm not certain of the 'dad' bit.

'turned against fruit' is the wordplay.
'turned against' becomes 'ap' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fruit' becomes 'pears' (I've seen this before).
'ap'+'pears'='APPEARS'

'has' is the link.

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(Other definitions for appears that I've seen before include "Seems" , "Materialises" , "is exhibited" , "Looks like" , "Comes into view" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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