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Endless fruit for Muslim ruler (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sultan

'muslim ruler' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'endless fruit' is the wordplay.
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'fruit' becomes 'sultana' (sultana is a kind of fruit).
'sultana' with its last letter taken away is 'SULTAN'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for sultan that I've seen before include "Muslim ruler" , "one ruling the roost?" , "Ruler of Brunei" , "One governs" , "Chicken" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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