The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word GREENGAGE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result GREENGAGE
- Good to get involved carrying about fruit
- Fruit garden's odd parts fascinate
- Something fruity from novelist gone into by censor
- Good to get involved again, producing fruit
- Plum tie to do the job again after taking scalp of Gunners?
- German book about packing fruit
- Fruit in odd parts of garden with promise
- West Indian batsman steals silver? I’d go for plum
- Fruit is good to hold once more
- New joke close to bone – it’s fruity
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The straight part
We know that "it’s fruity" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case it’s fruity = greengage.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 GREENGAGE mean?
GREENGAGE noun- A plum cultivar with greenish-yellow flesh and skin, Prunus domestica subsp. italica var. claudiana.