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Spotted divine fruit inside (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dappled

'spotted' is the definition.
(dappling is a kind of spotting)

'divine fruit inside' is the wordplay.
'divine' becomes 'DD' (divine can mean theologian eg Doctor of Divinity).
'fruit' becomes 'apple' (apple is a kind of fruit).
'inside' indicates putting letters inside.
'dd' going around 'apple' is 'DAPPLED'.

(Other definitions for dappled that I've seen before include "spotted with colour" , "Spotty" , "Marked with spots or patches or shade" , "Mottled" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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