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Sour fruit, half of plum eaten by two animals (4-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crab-apple

'sour fruit' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'half of plum eaten by two animals' is the wordplay.
'two animals' means two replacements for 'animal'.
'half of' suggests halving the letters.
'eaten by' indicates putting letters inside.
'animal' becomes 'crab'.
'animal' becomes 'ape'.
'plum' with half the letters taken is 'pl'.
'crab'+'ape'='crabape'
'pl' inserted inside 'crabape' is 'CRAB-APPLE'.

(Another definition for crab-apple that I've seen is " fruit".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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