Variety of pear detailed in illustrated magazine (5)
I believe the answer is:
comic
'illustrated magazine' is the definition.
'variety of pear detailed' is the wordplay.
'variety of pear' becomes 'comice' (I've seen this before).
'detailed' means to remove the last letter (the word must be end-less or 'de-tailed').
'comice' with its last letter removed is 'COMIC'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for comic that I've seen before include "magazine for kids" , "Comedian - humorous - children''s magazine" , "Raising mirth" , "Garden perhaps" , "Raising a laugh" .)