Head off chaos with a hairstyle of fruit (7)
I believe the answer is:
avocado
'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that avocado is a type of fruit)
'head off chaos with a hairstyle of' is the wordplay.
'head off' means to remove the first letter.
'chaos' becomes 'havoc' (I've seen this before).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a hairstyle of' becomes 'ado' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'havoc' with its initial letter removed is 'avoc'.
'avoc'+'ado'='AVOCADO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for avocado that I've seen before include "Dark green pear-shaped fruit" , "Tropical tree - edible green-skinned fruit" , "Savoury pear-shaped fruit" , "Green-fleshed fruit" , "Light green colour" .)