Chap finds no work in Darwin, in a manner of speaking (8)
I believe the answer is:
mandarin
'darwin in a manner of speaking' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'chap finds no work' is the wordplay.
'chap' becomes 'Man' (chap can mean a man).
'finds' says to put letters next to each other.
'no work' becomes 'darin' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'man'+'darin'='MANDARIN'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mandarin that I've seen before include "Important government official" , "Chinese official - fruit" , "Top person in Whitehall" , "Small orange-like fruit (from China?)" , "Form of Chinese" .)