Minister not right but is on the right side! (5)
I believe the answer is:
recto
'the right side' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'minister not right but is' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'not' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'right' could be 'r' (common abbreviation) and 'r' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ect' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'on' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for recto that I've seen before include "The right-hand page or leaf of a book" , "No leaves left" , "front page" , "front of leaf" , "Right-hand pages of book" .)