Fruit for a very quiet little boy (6)

I believe the answer is:

apples

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'fruit' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a very quiet little boy' is the wordplay.
'very quiet' becomes 'pp' (musical abbreviation for pianissimo).
'little boy' becomes 'les' (short for Leslie. I am not sure about the 'little' bit.).
'a'+'pp'+'les'='APPLES'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for apples that I've seen before include "Eg, russets, pippins" , "Stairs (Cockney rhyming slang)" , "They never fall far from the tree" , "Russets, pippins etc" , "Crispy fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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