Hood's crony chippy perhaps eavesdropped on getting food (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
friar tuck
'hood's crony chippy perhaps eavesdropped' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'on getting food' is the wordplay.
'on getting' becomes 'friar' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'food' becomes 'tuck' (I've seen this before).
'friar'+'tuck'='FRIAR TUCK'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for friar tuck that I've seen before include "Fruit rack for Robin Hood's fat cleric" , "Associate of Robin Hood" , "One of the Merry Men" , "The fat cleric in Robin Hood's gang" .)