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Producing chopped fruit product (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raisin

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

'producing chopped' is the wordplay.
'producing' becomes 'raising' ('raise' can be a synonym of 'produce').
'chopped' means to remove the last letter (the final letter is chopped off).
'raising' with its final letter removed is 'RAISIN'.

(Other definitions for raisin that I've seen before include "Dried red grape" , "Cultivating" , "A dried grape, nice in cake" , "Fruit for the Christmas cake" , "fruit product" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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