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See inexpensive fruits, cheap and nasty, ultimately (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

espy

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'see inexpensive fruits' is the definition.
'espy' can be an answer for 'see' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'inexpensive fruits' bit.

'cheap and nasty ultimately' is the wordplay.
'cheap' becomes 'esp' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'ultimately' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'nasty' is 'y'.
'esp'+'y'='ESPY'

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(Other definitions for espy that I've seen before include "Behold" , "Make out at a distance" , "See" , "Spot, notice" , "Observe, notice" .)

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