Managed to get this writer some noodles (5)
I believe the answer is:
ramen
'some noodles' is the definition.
(ramen is a noodle soup)
'managed to get this writer' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (both can mean organised or was in charge of).
'to get' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'this writer' becomes 'me' (the person who wrote the clues).
'ran' placed around 'me' is 'RAMEN'.
(Other definitions for ramen that I've seen before include "Oriental noodles" , "Quick-cooking noodles" , "soup" , "Exotic dish" .)