Fruit with a soft cheese? No ta (7)
I believe the answer is:
apricot
'fruit' is the definition.
(type of fruit)
'a soft cheese? no ta' is the wordplay.
'soft' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation for piano, 'soft').
'cheese?' becomes 'ricotta' (ricotta is a type of cheese).
'no' suggests deleting specific letters.
'ricotta' with 'ta' taken away is 'ricot'.
'a'+'p'+'ricot'='APRICOT'
'with' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for apricot that I've seen before include "Yellowish fruit like a small peach" , "Orange-coloured fruit" , "tree" , "Asian fruit" , "Yellow fruit" .)