The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DESSERTS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result DESSERTS
- Tense up, seeing cobblers, etc
- Being stressed out, crumbles?
- Stressed out making puddings
- Under pressure to turn up with sweets
- Cobblers possibly tense standing up
- Upset about meal’s last courses?
- Fruit and nuts, say, from wastelands around South
- Said they’re what we deserve — for eating our greens?
- Puddings one gets anxious about
- Full of anxiety turning up for final courses
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The straight part
We know that "Fruit and nuts" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fruit and nuts = desserts.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 DESSERTS mean?
DESSERTS noun- A sweet confection served as the last course of a meal