Barely did a criminal scrape together livelihood (5,5)
I believe the answer is:
daily bread
'livelihood' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'barely did a criminal' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'barely'+'did'+'a'='barelydida'
'barelydida' anagrammed gives 'DAILY BREAD'.
'scrape together' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for daily bread that I've seen before include "required for one's living" , "basic needs" , "Livelihood" .)