Like pie made by chef initially out of practice? (6)
I believe the answer is:
crusty
'like pie' is the definition.
'by chef initially out of practice?' is the wordplay.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
'out of practice?' becomes 'rusty' ('rusty' can be a synonym of 'out of practice').
The first letter of 'chef' is 'c'.
'c'+'rusty' is 'CRUSTY'.
'made' is the link.
(Other definitions for crusty that I've seen before include "Well baked - short-tempered" , "Cross or harsh, like outer layer of loaf" , "Short" , "Sour and brusque, like outer part of bread" , "Having harsh manner like hard bread" .)