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A soft fruit to become visible (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

appear

'become visible' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a soft fruit' is the wordplay.
'soft' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation for 'piano').
'fruit' becomes 'pear' (pear is a kind of fruit).
'a'+'p'+'pear'='APPEAR'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for appear that I've seen before include "Become visible as ghost might" , "Perform" , "Arrive" , "become available" , "Seem or materialise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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