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Waste from fruit and produce picked up (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cores

'waste from fruit' is the definition.
(eg apple cores)

'produce picked up' is the wordplay.
'produce' becomes 'cause' (produce can mean to cause or create).
'picked up' shows a homophone (sound like).
'cause' sounds like 'CORES'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for cores that I've seen before include "The centres of objects" , "Hearts" , "Central parts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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