The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word NECTARINE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result NECTARINE
- Working in a centre for fruit
- Fruit — a number outside crate getting spoiled
- Entire can spilled that's full of juice
- Fruit — a number outside broken crate
- Exotic entrance with one type of tree
- Fruit drink that's delicious in the East
- Exhibition hall pitch concerned with energy
- Fruit which could be nice and neat with recipe
- . Fruitful product of internecine war is losing weight for a short time
- Ancient queen initially misrepresented as one with a smooth skin
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The straight part
We know that "Fruit" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fruit = nectarine.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 NECTARINE mean?
NECTARINE noun- A cultivar of the peach distinguished by its skin being smooth, not fuzzy.
- A nectar-like liquid medicine.
- Nectarous; like nectar.