Looked for gold, travelling around east (5)
I believe the answer is:
ogled
'looked' is the definition.
(ogling is a kind of looking)
'gold travelling around east' is the wordplay.
'travelling' indicates anagramming the letters.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'east' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'gold' anagrammed gives 'ogld'.
'ogld' placed around 'e' is 'OGLED'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for ogled that I've seen before include "Eyed lecherously" , "Longingly looked at" , "Looked flirtatiously at" , "Eyed lustily" , "Eyed lustfully" .)