Bad lot, I suspect, in newspaper (7)
I believe the answer is:
tabloid
'newspaper' is the definition.
(tabloid is a kind of newspaper)
'bad lot i suspect' is the wordplay.
'suspect' is an anagram indicator.
'bad'+'lot'+'i'='badloti'
'badloti' with letters rearranged gives 'TABLOID'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for tabloid that I've seen before include "Populist newspaper" , "Not our sort of paper" , "Small-size newspaper" , "Type of newspaper" , "Small-format newspaper" .)