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Get the pair off to bed with fruit (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apricot

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

'get the pair off to bed' is the wordplay.
'get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'off' indicates an anagram.
'to bed' becomes 'cot' (cot is a type of bed).
'pair' anagrammed gives 'apri'.
'apri' put next to 'cot' is 'APRICOT'.

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for apricot that I've seen before include "Orange fruit" , "Yellowish fruit like a small peach" , "Fruit from a tropic" , "Orange-yellow colour; fruit" , "Small, peach-like fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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