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Each getting frisson after consuming a very soft fruit (6,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eating apple

'fruit' is the definition.
(eating apple is a kind of fruit)

'each getting frisson after consuming a very soft' is the wordplay.
'each' becomes 'ea'.
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'frisson' becomes 'tingle' ('tingle' can be a synonym of 'frisson').
'after consuming' is an insertion indicator.
'very soft' becomes 'pp'.
'a'+'pp'='app'
'tingle' enclosing 'app' is 'tingapple'.
'ea'+'tingapple'='EATING-APPLE'

(Other definitions for eating apple that I've seen before include "Granny Smith" , "Eg, Cox" , "Edible fruit" , "Blenheim Orange, for example" , "first offence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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