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What has insect got into? Obvious: a fruit (8)

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I believe the answer is:

plantain

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

'what has insect got into?' is the wordplay.
'what' becomes 'pla' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'has' indicates putting letters inside.
'insect' becomes 'ant' (ant is a kind of insect).
'got' says to put letters next to each other.
'into?' becomes 'in'.
'pla' going around 'ant' is 'planta'.
'planta'+'in'='PLANTAIN'

'obvious a' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for plantain that I've seen before include "Cooking banana" , "Tropical plant like a banana" , "Shrub; green banana" , "Low-growing plant; type of banana" , "Large banana - weed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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