A stewed fruit dish set up apart (5)
I believe the answer is:
aloof
'apart' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'a stewed fruit dish set up' is the wordplay.
'stewed fruit dish' becomes 'fool' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'set up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'fool' back-to-front is 'loof'.
'a'+'loof'='ALOOF'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aloof that I've seen before include "Unfriendly or distant like a fool" , "Distant or stuck-up" , "Cool, distant" , "Indifferent - by oneself" , "Haughty and distant like a fool" .)