A strike in Cornish pie making? (5)
I believe the answer is:
swipe
'a strike' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'cornish pie making?' is the wordplay.
'cornish' becomes 'SW' (Cornwall is in the South West of England).
'making?' indicates an anagram.
'pie' with letters rearranged gives 'ipe'.
'sw'+'ipe'='SWIPE'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for swipe that I've seen before include "Steal; pass a card through a reader" , "Put (card) through reader; hit" , "lash out" , "Hit hard - pinch" , "Steal (slang)" .)