Cryptic crossword clue
Put out duck with fruit that's fresh 2-2-4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 letter word UP

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The straight part
We know that "fresh" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fresh = up.
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What does UP mean?

UP noun
  1. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
  2. A positive thing.
  3. An upstairs room of a two story house.
UP verb
  1. To increase or raise.
  2. To promote.
  3. (usually in combination with another verb) To act suddenly.
  4. To ascend; to climb up.
  5. To upload.
UP adjective
  1. Facing upwards.
  2. On or at a physically higher level.
  3. Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
  4. Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
  5. Aloft.
  6. Raised; lifted.
  7. Built, constructed.
  8. Standing.
  9. Awake and out of bed.
  10. Riding the horse; mounted.
  11. (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.
  12. Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
  13. Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
  14. Ahead; leading; winning.
  15. Available; made public; posted.
  16. Finished, to an end
  17. In a good mood.
  18. (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.
  19. Next in a sequence.
  20. (not used attributively) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up with.
  21. (postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
  22. Well-informed; current.
  23. Functional; working.
  24. (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
  25. (bartending) Chilled and served without ice.
  26. Erect.
  27. (graffiti) well-known; renowned
UP adverb
  1. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
  2. To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
  3. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
  4. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
  5. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
  6. To or from one's possession or consideration.
  7. North.
  8. Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
  9. Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
  10. Aside, so as not to be in use.
  11. Against the wind or current.
  12. (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
  13. Relatively close to the batsman.
  14. (bartending) Without additional ice.
  15. (academia) To university, especially to Cambridge or Oxford.
UP preposition
  1. Toward the top of.
  2. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
  3. From south to north of.
  4. Further along (in any direction).
  5. From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
  6. Of a man: having sex with.
  7. At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).

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