Fruit found in broken crate in square (9)
I believe the answer is:
nectarine
'fruit' is the definition.
(nectarine is a kind of fruit)
'broken crate in square' is the wordplay.
'broken' is an anagram indicator.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'square' becomes 'nine' (I've seen this before**).
'crate' is an anagram of 'ectar'.
'ectar' inserted inside 'nine' is 'NECTARINE'.
'found in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for nectarine that I've seen before include "Variety or mutation of a peach" , "Smooth-skinned fruit" , "Peach-like fruit" , "Trace nine to a kind of peach" , "Smooth-skinned variety of peach" .)