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Taste fieriness after peeling fruit (9)

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I believe the answer is:

tangerine

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This clue might be a double definition.

'taste fieriness' is the first definition.
'tangerine' can be an answer for 'taste' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'fieriness' bit.

'peeling fruit' is the second definition.
'tangerine' can be an answer for 'fruit' (tangerine is a kind of fruit). I am unsure of the 'peeling' bit.

'after' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for tangerine that I've seen before include "fruit product" , "Small citrus fruit with a loose skin" , "Moroccan" , "Small orange-like fruit (from North Africa?)" , "Kind of orange" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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