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Stuff still on top of an Asian fruit (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rambutan

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'an asian fruit' is the definition.
(fruit grown in Southeast Asia)

'stuff still on top' is the wordplay.
'stuff' becomes 'ram' (ramming is a kind of stuffing).
'still' becomes 'but' (I've seen this in other clues).
'on top' becomes 'an' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ram'+'but'+'an'='RAMBUTAN'

'of' is the link.

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(Another definition for rambutan that I've seen is " Bright red Malaysian fruit".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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