Monkey grabbing ends of peel to obtain fruit (5)
I believe the answer is:
apple
'fruit' is the definition.
(apple is a kind of fruit)
'monkey grabbing ends of peel' is the wordplay.
'monkey' becomes 'ape' (I've seen this before).
'grabbing' indicates putting letters inside.
'ends of' suggests removing the centre.
'peel' with its centre removed is 'pl'.
'ape' enclosing 'pl' is 'APPLE'.
'to obtain' is the link.
(Other definitions for apple that I've seen before include "Tree of the rose family" , "Orchard fruit" , "award from Paris" , "Empire?" , "Pome fruit" .)