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Fruit soft and chubby (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plump

'chubby' is the definition.
(I know that chubby can be written as plump)

'fruit soft' is the wordplay.
'fruit' becomes 'plum' (plum is a kind of fruit).
'soft' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation for 'piano', soft).
'plum'+'p'='PLUMP'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for plump that I've seen before include "Slightly fat" , "Rotund" , "Pleasantly chubby" , "Corpulent" , "Chubby, fat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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