Fruit and vegetable? Chef chops only the common ingredients (5)
I believe the answer is:
peach
'fruit' is the definition.
(type of fruit)
'vegetable? chef chops only the common ingredients' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'vegetable?' could be 'pea' (pea is a type of vegetable) and 'pea' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ch' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for peach that I've seen before include "Strangely, this fruit might be cheap" , "... and a good-looking one" , "To accuse" , "Turn informer" , "Stone fruit - pinkish-yellow" .)