American people who have time for the Oscars? (5)
I believe the answer is:
osage
'american people' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'time for the oscars?' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 'age' (age is a kind of time).
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'the oscars?' becomes 'os' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'age' put after 'os' is 'OSAGE'.
'who have' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for osage that I've seen before include "Indian people" , "member of tribe" , "American Indian" , "Brave" , "Age so (anag) - member of a Native American people" .)