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A noisy short party offering fruit (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

avocado

'fruit' is the definition.
(avocado is a kind of fruit)

'a noisy short party' is the wordplay.
'noisy' becomes 'vocal'.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'vocal' with its last letter removed is 'voca'.
'a'+'voca'+'do'='AVOCADO'

'offering' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for avocado that I've seen before include "Dark green pear-shaped fruit" , "slightly green" , "Light green colour" , "Ingredient of guacamole" , "Dull greenish colour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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