Female in bar takes nuts for early meal (9)
I believe the answer is:
breakfast
'early meal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'female in bar takes nuts' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'nuts' is an anagram indicator (nuts can mean crazy).
'bar'+'takes'='bartakes'
'bartakes' with letters rearranged gives 'breakast'.
'f' inserted inside 'breakast' is 'BREAKFAST'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for breakfast that I've seen before include "croissants?" , "Early meal" , "One could be first on the table" , "Eat in the morning" , "First meal at Tiffany's" .)