Fella briefly engaged in dodgy activity to make some bread (7)
I believe the answer is:
chapati
'bread' is the definition.
(chapati is a kind of bread)
'fella briefly engaged in' is the wordplay.
'fella' becomes 'chap' (synonyms).
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'engaged' becomes 'at' (I've seen this in other clues).
'at'+'in'='atin'
'atin' with its final letter removed is 'ati'.
'chap'+'ati'='CHAPATI'
'dodgy activity to make some' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chapati that I've seen before include "What Indian waiter might bring" , "Piece of bread (Indian)" , "Indian pancake" , "Unleavened bread of India" , "Indian food" .)