Place in which empty-bellied piper gets a brownie? (6)
I believe the answer is:
sprite
'a brownie?' is the definition.
(brownie is a kind of sprite)
'place in which empty-bellied piper' is the wordplay.
'place' becomes 'site' (site is a kind of place).
'in which' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'empty bellied piper' becomes 'pr' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'site' enclosing 'pr' is 'SPRITE'.
'gets' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sprite that I've seen before include "Pet, sir, could be a goblin" , "water pixie" , "Stripe on a fairy" , "A fairy or goblin" , "Brownie" .)