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Top of dried fruit marked with spots (6)

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dapple

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'marked with spots' is the definition.
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'top of dried fruit' is the wordplay.
'top of' suggests taking the first letters.
'fruit' becomes 'apple' (apple is a kind of fruit).
The initial letter of 'dried' is 'd'.
'd'+'apple'='DAPPLE'

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(Other definitions for dapple that I've seen before include "Spotted" , "spot" , "Mark(ed) with spots" , "Mark with spots or patches" , "Patch of colour or light" .)

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