Might it have an eye for a beetle? (6)
I believe the answer is:
potato
'a beetle?' is the definition.
(potato beetle is a kind of beetle)
'might it have an eye for' is the wordplay.
'might' becomes 'po' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'it' becomes ''t' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis).
'have' becomes 'eat' (have can mean to eat or consume).
'an eye' means to look at the middle letters (eye can mean the centre of something).
'for' becomes 'to' (eg both can mean 'in the opinion of').
The middle of 'eat' is 'a'.
'po'+'t'+'a'+'to'='POTATO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for potato that I've seen before include "Vegetable - a hot one is trouble" , "Tuberous vegetable" , "The humble spud" , "hard to handle when hot" , "E.g. King Edward" .)