Distribute by right in the wild west (5)
I believe the answer is:
strew
'distribute' is the definition.
(I know that strew is a more specific form of the action distribute)
'right in the wild west' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'the wild' is an anagram indicator.
'west' with letters rearranged gives 'stew'.
'r' placed inside 'stew' is 'STREW'.
'by' is the link.
(Other definitions for strew that I've seen before include "Sprinkle" , "Scatter, spread around" , "Scatter loosely" , "Scatter untidily" .)