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Stab extremely lazy couple, reportedly, for fruit (7,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prickly pear

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'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that prickly pear is a fruit)

'stab extremely lazy couple reportedly' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'stab' could be 'prick' (pricking is a kind of stabbing) and 'prick' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for prickly pear that I've seen before include "Kind of 11 producing fruits" , "Type of cactus" , "Edible cactus fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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