Company’s chief batting for woman taking bribes... in the end, it spells trouble (3,2,5)
I believe the answer is:
can of worms
'trouble' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Potential trouble' mean 'can of worms' so perhaps 'trouble' could also mean 'can of worms')
'company's chief batting for woman taking bribes in the end' is the wordplay.
'chief' suggests taking the first letters.
'batting' is an anagram indicator (letters beaten or batted).
'taking' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'in the end' indicates one should take the final letters.
The first letter of 'companys' is 'c'.
The last letter of 'bribes' is 's'.
'for'+'woman'='forwoman'
'forwoman' is an anagram of 'anofworm'.
'c'+'anofworm'+'s'='CAN OF WORMS'
'it spells' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for can of worms that I've seen before include "Bird's convenience food" , "Opening this could be problem" , "this may turn out awkward" , "Complex problem" , "nasty problem" .)