VIP in the fruit business? (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
top banana
'vip' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'the fruit business?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'fruit' could be 'anana' (I've seen this before) and 'anana' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for top banana that I've seen before include "1" , "head" , "Best of the bunch!" , "Star entertainer" , "leader" .)