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Swinger's nude antics, getting covered in fruit (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pendulum

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'swinger's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'nude antics getting covered in fruit' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'nude' is 'endu' which is located in the answer.
'fruit' could be 'plum' (plum is a kind of fruit) and 'plum' is found within the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for pendulum that I've seen before include "It swings to and fro as in old clock" , "Old time swinger?" , "Lead swinging" , "Oscillating mechanism" , "Nude lump (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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