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Busybody announced: ‘Fruit’ (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meddler

'busybody' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'announced fruit' is the wordplay.
'announced' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'fruit' becomes 'medlar' (apple-like fruit).
'medlar' is a homophone of 'MEDDLER'.

(Other definitions for meddler that I've seen before include "Interfering person" , "Interferer" , "One tampering" , "One interfering" , "One who interferes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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