The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MANGO
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result MANGO
- Fruit giving energy to fellow
- Among bananas, a different fruit
- Run after chap for fruit
- Island starts to grow organic fruit
- After a piece, leave tropical food
- Chutney maker’s staff depart
- Fruit woman got, partly missing
- Succulent fruit piece, half gone
- A great deal, reduced green fruit
- Hollowed out, nothing inside old red fruit
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The straight part
We know that "a different fruit" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a different fruit = mango.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does MANGO mean?
MANGO noun- A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.
- The fruit of the mango tree.
- A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed.
- (chiefly southern Midwest US) A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.
- A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.
- Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.
- A yellow-orange color, like that of mango flesh.
- To stuff and pickle (a fruit).