Fruit for stuffing turned bad (5)
I believe the answer is:
olive
'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that olive is a type of fruit)
'for stuffing turned bad' is the wordplay.
'stuffing' indicates the central letters.
'turned' says the letters should be written backwards.
'bad' becomes 'evil' (associated in meaning).
The centre of 'for' is 'o'.
'evil' back-to-front is 'live'.
'o'+'live'='OLIVE'
(Other definitions for olive that I've seen before include "Mediterranean tree-fruit, nice in cocktail" , "Type of green" , "Fruit; Popeye's girlfriend" , "Oil-producing fruit" , "A Med. fruit" .)