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Drop fruit on me, last one in basket (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plummet

'drop' is the definition.
(plummet is a kind of drop)

'fruit on me last one in basket' is the wordplay.
'fruit' becomes 'plum' (plum is a kind of fruit**).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'last one in' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'basket' is 't'.
'plum'+'me'+'t'='PLUMMET'

(Other definitions for plummet that I've seen before include "Drop straight down" , "Drop sharply" , "Fall like a stone" , "Fall headlong" , "Fall at high speed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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