Cryptic crossword clue
Lacking a tin, dividing up fruit 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word GRAPES

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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 = grapes.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
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What does GRAPES mean?

GRAPES noun
  1. A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis.
  2. A woody vine that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine; of genus Vitis.
  3. A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes.
  4. Grapeshot.
  5. A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.
  6. A person's head.
GRAPES verb
  1. To pick grapes.
  2. (of livestock) To develop tubercules as a result of tuberculosis.
  3. To develop a texture with small grape-like clusters of a contaminant or foreign substance.
  4. (north) To grope.

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