Like something sinful to dish out (8)
I believe the answer is:
devilish
'like' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'something sinful to dish out' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'sinful' could be 'evil' (I've seen this before) and 'evil' is found in the answer.
'dish out' could be 'dish' (synonyms) and 'dish' is present in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for devilish that I've seen before include "Very difficult to deal with" , "Very wicked" , "Mischievous; rakish" , "Diabolical" , "naughty" .)