Soap and food sent in for the poor (7)
I believe the answer is:
beggars
'sent in for the poor' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'soap and food' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'food' could be 'egg' (egg is a kind of food) and 'egg' is present in the answer.
'soap' could be 'bar' (bar soap is a kind of soap) and 'bar' is found in the remaining letters.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for beggars that I've seen before include "Bums" , "'If wishes were horses . . . . . . . would ride'" , "Mendicants" .)