It's in the clear, perhaps, for performance (7)
I believe the answer is:
recital
'performance' is the definition.
(recital is a kind of performance)
'it's in the clear perhaps' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'perhaps' is an anagram indicator.
'clear' with letters rearranged gives 'recal'.
'it' put into 'recal' is 'RECITAL'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for recital that I've seen before include "17 performance, for example" , "Public performance by a solo musician" , "Chamber music concert" , "gig" , "Narration" .)