Opening of tale genuine and touching (7)
I believe the answer is:
tactual
'touching' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'opening of tale genuine' is the wordplay.
'opening of' suggests taking the first letters.
'genuine' becomes 'actual' ('actual' can be a synonym of 'genuine').
The first letter of 'tale' is 't'.
't'+'actual'='TACTUAL'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for tactual that I've seen before include "Of the sense of touch" , "touchy?" , "touching" .)