Ship carrying fruit and some asparagus? (6)
I believe the answer is:
spears
'some asparagus?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'ship carrying fruit' is the wordplay.
'ship' becomes 'ss'.
'carrying' indicates putting letters inside.
'fruit' becomes 'pear' (pear is a kind of fruit**).
'ss' placed around 'pear' is 'SPEARS'.
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for spears that I've seen before include "asparagus perhaps" , "Pointed stems of asparagus" , "Long pointed weapons" , "Thrown weapons" , "Lances" .)