Is husband following desperate character to get pastry? (6)
I believe the answer is:
danish
'pastry?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'is husband following desperate character' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'following' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'desperate character' becomes 'dan' (I've seen this in other clues).
'is'+'h'='ish'
'ish' after 'dan' is 'DANISH'.
'to get' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for danish that I've seen before include "_ blue; type of cheese" , "Language of Denmark" , "Nice pastry from Copenhagen" , "Dash in to the mysterious nationality" , "speech from Hamlet?" .)