Neuter animal at home for a bit (7)
I believe the answer is:
snippet
'for a bit' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'neuter animal' is the wordplay.
'neuter' becomes 'snip'.
'animal' becomes 'pet' (pet is a kind of animal).
'snip'+'pet'='SNIPPET'
'at home' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for snippet that I've seen before include "Scrap (of information, news etc)" , "piece of information" , "excerpt of literature?" , "Small scrap" , "Newspaper extract" .)