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Mother taken in by visitor to Oz offering fruit (6)

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I believe the answer is:

tomato

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'fruit' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'mother taken in by visitor to' is the wordplay.
'mother' becomes 'ma' (ma is a kind of mother).
'taken in by' is an insertion indicator.
'visitor' becomes 'to' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to'+'to'='toto'
'ma' going inside 'toto' is 'TOMATO'.

'oz offering' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for tomato that I've seen before include "A motto turned out to be fruit/veg" , ""Plum" or "beef" fruit?" , "Shiny red fruit" , "Also called the love apple" , "Type of sauce" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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