Sentimental person (5)
I believe the answer is:
softy
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sentimental person</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for softy that I've seen before include "Sentimental person" , "Gentle sort" , "Weak person" .)