Remains of a soft lever perhaps (9)
I believe the answer is:
leftovers
'remains' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a soft lever perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'soft'+'lever'='softlever'
'softlever' is an anagram of 'LEFTOVERS'.
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for leftovers that I've seen before include "Uneaten scraps" , "Remains" , "survivors" .)