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Fruit garden oddly busy (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

greengage

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'fruit' is the definition.
(type of plum)

'garden oddly busy' is the wordplay.
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in odd-numbered positions).
'busy' becomes 'engage' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
The alternating letters of 'garden' are 'gre'.
'gre'+'engage'='GREENGAGE'

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(Other definitions for greengage that I've seen before include "Greenish-yellow type of plum" , "Fruit akin to plum" , "Such a summer novel" , "Plum-like fruit" , "Variety of plum" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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