Is rent money short, reallocated for food? (10)
I believe the answer is:
minestrone
'food?' is the definition.
(minestrone is a kind of food)
'is rent money short reallocated' is the wordplay.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'reallocated' is an anagram indicator (letters reallocated to new positions).
'is'+'rent'+'money'='isrentmoney'
'isrentmoney' with its final letter taken off is 'isrentmone'.
'isrentmone' anagrammed gives 'MINESTRONE'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for minestrone that I've seen before include "Italian soup" , "Dish" , "liquid mixture" , "A starter" , "F" .)