Fruits shared by couples? (5)
I believe the answer is:
dates
'fruits' is the definition.
(date is a kind of fruit)
'shared by couples?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'by' could be 'at' and 'at' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'des' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dates that I've seen before include "Palm fruit" , "Specified parts of the year" , "Goes steady" , "Fruits and pre-arranged meetings" , "Takes out" .)