"Give Schweppes Ginger ___ try!" (brilliant soda slogan I just made up) (this clue dedicated to the great Merl Reagle, the master of saving weak entries; RIP, Merl)
ape
Clue
Rip off
Definition
to mimic
apricot
Clue
Rip coat (anag)
Definition
a fruit of the plum genus, roundish, orange-coloured, with a downy skin, also ABRICOCK, APRICOCK
