Fruit with a soft Italian cheese? No thanks (7)
I believe the answer is:
apricot
'fruit' is the definition.
(apricot is a kind of fruit)
'a soft italian cheese? no thanks' is the wordplay.
'a soft' becomes 'ap' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'italian cheese?' becomes 'ricotta' (I've seen this before).
'no' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'thanks' becomes 'ta' (UK informal version of 'thank you').
'ricotta' with 'ta' taken out is 'ricot'.
'ap'+'ricot'='APRICOT'
'with' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for apricot that I've seen before include "Fruit from a tropic" , "Stoned fruit" , "Yellow fruit" , "shade" , "Orange-yellow fruit in plum family" .)