Bananas lifted by boy as soft fruit (6)
I believe the answer is:
damson
'soft fruit' is the definition.
'damson' can be an answer for 'fruit' (damson is a kind of fruit). I'm unsure of the 'soft' bit.
'bananas lifted by boy' is the wordplay.
'bananas' becomes 'mad' (slang for insane).
'lifted' is a reversal indicator (going up in down clue).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'boy' becomes 'son' (male child).
'mad' in reverse letter order is 'dam'.
'dam'+'son'='DAMSON'
'as' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for damson that I've seen before include "Type of plum" , "Small tart plum" , "Nomads (anag)" , "Acid purple plum" , "Small fruit for nomads" .)