Answer fits awkwardly into speech (7)
I believe the answer is:
satisfy
'answer' is the definition.
(I know that answer is a more specific form of satisfy)
'fits awkwardly into speech' is the wordplay.
'awkwardly' is an anagram indicator.
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'speech' becomes 'say' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fits' is an anagram of 'tisf'.
'tisf' going inside 'say' is 'SATISFY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for satisfy that I've seen before include "Be good enough for" , "Content" , "Provide enough" , "pay in full" , "Fully meet (conditions)" .)