Place free of corruption (6)
I believe the answer is:
putrid
'corruption' is the definition.
The definition and answer are not the same part of speech.
'place free' is the wordplay.
'place' becomes 'put' (synonyms).
'free' becomes 'rid' (to be free of something is to be rid of it).
'put'+'rid'='PUTRID'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for putrid that I've seen before include "Decomposed, rotting" , "Decomposing and fetid" , "Decaying, really rotten" , "Bad smelling, rotting" , "Decayed, rotten" .)