Counsel for the foolish Dave who's held in charge (6)
I believe the answer is:
advice
'counsel' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'the foolish dave who's held in charge' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'in charge' could be 'ic' (abbreviation for 'in charge') and 'ic' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'dave' is 'adve' which is present in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for advice that I've seen before include "Admonition" , "Opinion given about what to do" , "Guidance; delivery note" , "Formal notice" , "Counsel given" .)