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Brown and green fluid covering end of kiwi fruit (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tangerine

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

'brown and green fluid covering end of kiwi' is the wordplay.
'brown' becomes 'tan' (tan is a kind of brown**).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fluid' indicates anagramming the letters.
'covering' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'end of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'kiwi' is 'i'.
'green' with letters rearranged gives 'gerne'.
'gerne' placed around 'i' is 'gerine'.
'tan'+'gerine'='TANGERINE'

(Other definitions for tangerine that I've seen before include "Small orange" , "something juicy being given to press" , "Small citrus fruit with a loose skin" , "Tree" , "Kind of orange" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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