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Twist of fruit finally plonked on plonk (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

twine

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'twist' is the definition.
(I know that twist can be written as twine)

'fruit finally plonked on plonk' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'plonk' could be 'wine' (I've seen this before) and 'wine' is located in the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for twine that I've seen before include "can get into knots" , "Knot" , "String of twisted fibres" , "Twisted cord" , "weaving" .)

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