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Producer of harvest in the fall (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cropper

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'the fall' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Heavy fall' mean 'cropper' so perhaps 'fall' could also mean 'cropper')

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(Other definitions for cropper that I've seen before include "Come a --, suffer disaster" , "Heavy fall" , "failure" , "Disastrous mistake or fall" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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