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Fruity diary entry? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

date

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'fruity diary entry?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

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(Other definitions for date that I've seen before include "Fruit with stone" , "Particular time of event - fruit" , "to take out" , "Edible fruit with a long woody seed" , "Particular time when event happened" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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