To me, half London can be at the waterside getting fruit! (5)

I believe the answer is:

melon

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'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that melon is a type of fruit)

'to me half london' is the wordplay.
'half' means to take half the letters.
'london' halved is 'lon'.
'me'+'lon'='MELON'

'can be at the waterside getting' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for melon that I've seen before include "I'm very seedy" , "Type of pepo" , "Honeydew fruit" , "Cantaloupe fruit" , "Eg, cantaloupe, galia" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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