Scandal involves meat in southeast (5)
I believe the answer is:
shame
'scandal' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'meat in southeast' is the wordplay.
'meat' becomes 'ham' (ham is a kind of meat).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'southeast' becomes 'SE' (synonyms).
'ham' placed into 'se' is 'SHAME'.
'involves' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shame that I've seen before include "pity!" , "Disgrace - Salman Rushdie novel" , "Disgrace, intense regret" , "scandal" , "Discredit - ignominy" .)