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Fruits For The Shy Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is COCONUTS which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries

• large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk

• tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics

31%6 Fight shy of English for "shy"
adjective satellite

• affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way

31%5 Boundary? Then I'll be shy, be shy
noun

• an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

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