Reprimand for a travelling animal (6)
I believe the answer is:
carpet
'reprimand' is the definition.
(carpet can informally mean to reprimand or rebuke)
'travelling animal' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'animal' could be 'pet' (pet is a kind of animal) and 'pet' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'car' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for a' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for carpet that I've seen before include "On the ......- getting a ticking-off" , "Lay into" , "Reprimand, reprove" , "It could be flying" , "Slate" .)