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Said bananas and soft fruit go off (9)

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I believe the answer is:

disappear

'go off' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'said bananas and soft fruit' is the wordplay.
'bananas' indicates anagramming the letters (informal term for mad).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'soft' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation for 'piano').
'fruit' becomes 'pear' (pear is a kind of fruit).
'said' anagrammed gives 'disa'.
'disa'+'p'+'pear'='DISAPPEAR'

(Other definitions for disappear that I've seen before include "Leave" , "Fly" , "Escape" , "Pass out of sight" , "Vanish from view" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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