Sid rose awkwardly to get file (7)
I believe the answer is:
dossier
'file' is the definition.
(both can mean a collection of information)
'sid rose awkwardly' is the wordplay.
'awkwardly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'sid'+'rose'='sidrose'
'sidrose' anagrammed gives 'DOSSIER'.
'to get' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for dossier that I've seen before include "Collection of documents on a topic" , "brief" , "Collection of documents on a subject" , "Record" , "Set of papers" .)