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Tons in genera strangely producing citrus fruit (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tangerine

'citrus fruit' is the definition.
(tangerine is a kind of citrus fruit)

'tons in genera strangely' is the wordplay.
'tons' becomes 't'.
'strangely' indicates an anagram.
'in'+'genera'='ingenera'
'ingenera' anagrammed gives 'angerine'.
't'+'angerine'='TANGERINE'

'producing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tangerine that I've seen before include "Kind of orange" , "fruit product" , "orange colour" , "Moroccan" , "Green tan I change into orange" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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