Scrap Conservative implicated in crime — everyone's upset with it (9)
I believe the answer is:
scintilla
'scrap' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'conservative implicated in crime everyone's upset with it' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'conservative' could be 'c' (UK political abbreviation) and 'c' is located in the answer.
'in' is found in the answer.
'upset' could be 'ill' (similar in meaning) and 'ill' is found within the answer.
'it' could be 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 't' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sa' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scintilla that I've seen before include "Tiny hint, trace" , "Minute spark" , "Tiniest bit" , "flash" , "little bit" .)