DMail Prize Xword 14263 - last one, thanks for any help

[ashfordshe]

5d. I turf out old actor and mandarin, for example (5,4) F?U?T?R?E
I'm sure it is fruit tree (iturf) but where does tree come into it?

[bibblebub]

fruit tree = anagram of 'i turf' + Tree

[dannyk13]

Fruit tree

[dannyk13]

Beerbohm Tree was an old actor

[penelope2]

Mandarin is the tree (small orange tree)

[penelope2]

The way I now read the clue suggests that 'old actor' and 'mandarin' indicate the tree.

[bibblebub]

'old actor' [Herbert Beerbohm Tree] is part of the clue subsidiary whereas 'mandarin' is the definition part of the clue

[penelope2]

Wow bibblebub!!!!

[bibblebub]

my desktop internet connection is back to normal (fingers crossed) after 2 weeks of being unusable most of the time so I'm feeling slightly euphoric and garrulous

[Duncer]

.............and very welcome back.