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Fruitful appointment? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

date

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'appointment?' is the definition.
('date' can be a synonym of 'appointment')

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(Other definitions for date that I've seen before include "Particular time when event happened" , "For example, sell by" , "Romantic assignation" , "Romantic appointment" , "Go out with" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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