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Fruit shows its age (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dates

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'its age' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'fruit shows' is the wordplay.
'fruit' becomes 'date' (date is a kind of fruit).
'shows' becomes 's' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'date'+'s'='DATES'

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(Other definitions for dates that I've seen before include "Fruit - shows its age" , "Sweet edible fruits of a palm" , "Meetings arranged in advance" , "Sated (anag) - fruit" , "appearing on most coins" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and the Sydney Morning Herald.
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