Figure there’s food around for a fairy (5)
I believe the answer is:
pixie
'a fairy' is the definition.
(pixie is a kind of fairy)
'figure there's food around' is the wordplay.
'figure there' becomes 'pix' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'food' becomes 'pies' (I've seen this before).
'around' says to take the centre.
The centre of 'pies' is 'ie'.
'pix'+'ie'='PIXIE'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pixie that I've seen before include "Small human-like supernatural being" , "Sprite" , "Small supernatural being in fairy tales" , "Elf, imp" , "Small supernatural being in fairy tale" .)