Bribe covering demand for seafood (7)
I believe the answer is:
scallop
'seafood' is the definition.
(scallop is a kind of seafood)
'bribe covering demand' is the wordplay.
'bribe' becomes 'sop' (sopping is a kind of bribing).
'covering' is an insertion indicator.
'demand' becomes 'call' (call is a kind of demand).
'sop' going around 'call' is 'SCALLOP'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for scallop that I've seen before include "Seafood - shell" , "Marine mollusc" , "Shapely dish" , "one may be in one's shell" , "Shellfish - pilgrim badge" .)