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Bringing up dried fruit - guava, initially (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raising

'bringing up' is the definition.
(raising is a kind of bringing up)

'dried fruit guava initially' is the wordplay.
'dried fruit' becomes 'raisin' (raisin is a kind of dried fruit).
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'guava' is 'g'.
'raisin'+'g'='RAISING'

(Other definitions for raising that I've seen before include "Promoting (in rank)" , "Lifting" , "Growing" , "Elevating" , "Bringing up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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