Bloke describing sweetheart -- old and trashy, but affordable! (6)
I believe the answer is:
cheapo
'trashy but affordable' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'bloke describing sweetheart old' is the wordplay.
'bloke' becomes 'chap' (I've seen this before**).
'describing' indicates putting letters inside (describe can mean to form the outline of).
'sweetheart' becomes 'e' (the heart/centre of 'sweet').
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'chap' placed around 'e' is 'cheap'.
'cheap'+'o'='CHEAPO'
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cheapo that I've seen before include "Mickey Mouse" , "Inexpensive and shabby" , "at rock bottom price" , "Extremely inexpensive" , "Inferior product" .)