Crook headhunts pastor to solicit donations (4,3,3,5)
I believe the answer is:
pass the hat round
'solicit donations' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'crook headhunts pastor' is the wordplay.
'crook' indicates anagramming the letters (a crooked or broken form of the letters).
'headhunts'+'pastor'='headhuntspastor'
'headhuntspastor' is an anagram of 'PASS THE HAT ROUND'.
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pass the hat round that I've seen before include "getting deerstalker to circulate?" , "What some collectors do" , "causing revolution in Panama?" , "Collect money" .)