Liberal queen taking anything for amusement (8)
I believe the answer is:
laughter
'amusement' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'liberal queen taking anything' is the wordplay.
'liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'queen' becomes 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'taking' indicates putting letters inside.
'anything' becomes 'aught' (I've seen this before).
'l'+'er'='ler'
'ler' placed around 'aught' is 'LAUGHTER'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for laughter that I've seen before include "Sound of merriment" , "Cackling" , "Hilarity" , "The expression of lively amusement" , "Howling" .)