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Take out fruit (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

date

This clue is a double definition.

'take out' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'fruit' is the second definition.
(date is a kind of fruit)

(Other definitions for date that I've seen before include "Assignation; fruit" , "Day, month and year" , "See 12" , "Year or day when an event occurred" , "Stoned fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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