Little time on ship for bonbons (6)
I believe the answer is:
sweets
'bonbons' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'little time on ship' is the wordplay.
'little' becomes 'wee' (similar in meaning).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'on' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'wee'+'t'='weet'
'weet' inserted within 'ss' is 'SWEETS'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for sweets that I've seen before include "Desserts" , "Candy, comfits" , "Confectionery items" , "gobstoppers, say" , "Pieces of confectionery" .)