It's in the clear, perhaps, for performance (7)
I believe the answer is:
recital
'performance' is the definition.
(recital is a kind of performance)
'it's in the clear perhaps' is the wordplay.
'it's' becomes 'it' (I've seen this in other clues).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'clear' anagrammed gives 'recal'.
'it' placed inside 'recal' is 'RECITAL'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for recital that I've seen before include "17 performance, for example" , "Public performance by a solo musician" , "Chamber music concert" , "gig" , "Narration" .)