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Fruit,
one
applied
to
painful
growth
(5)
Fruit, one applied to painful growth (5)
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Here the definition is Fruit, since an acorn is what an oak produces. For the wordplay, take A (that's the "one") and stick it on to CORN, the painful growth you get on your foot, with "applied to" doing the joining.