Chief not above giving me a hand (7)
I believe the answer is:
headman
'chief' is the definition.
(I know that chief can be written as headman)
'giving me a hand' is the wordplay.
'giving' is an anagram indicator (the letters give the letters for another word).
'me'+'a'+'hand'='meahand'
'meahand' is an anagram of 'HEADMAN'.
'not above' acts as a 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 headman that I've seen before include "Leader" , "Boss" , "Village chief" , "Chieftain" .)