Fruit — soft and fleshy (5)
I believe the answer is:
plump
'fleshy' is the definition.
(plump can mean fleshy or fat)
'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' is the link.
(Other definitions for plump that I've seen before include "Fat - fatten" , "Full of figure" , "Pleasantly chubby" , "Well-rounded" , "Opt - round" .)