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Fruit for mother and child (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

damson

'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that damson is a fruit)

'mother and child' is the wordplay.
'mother' becomes 'dam' (female parent of an animal).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'child' becomes 'son' (male child).
'dam'+'son'='DAMSON'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for damson that I've seen before include "Acid purple plum" , "jam producer" , "Type of plum" , "Small tart plum" , "Ma, Don's a fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News and The Irish Independent.
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