Child swallowed fly to have just a taste (8)
I believe the answer is:
smidgeon
'have just a taste' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'child swallowed fly' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'fly' could be 'midge' (I've seen this before) and 'midge' is found within the answer.
'child' could be 'son' (male child) and 'son' is found within the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for smidgeon that I've seen before include "Small portion" , "bit" , "A little" , "Small amount" , "Tiny amount" .)