Tips for dog? (8)
I believe the answer is:
turnspit
'dog?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'tips' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'tips' is 'spit' which is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'turn' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for turnspit that I've seen before include "old servant who cooks" , "Old roast attendant" , "Former kitchen servant" , "Servant who was involved in roasting" , "Cooking assistant" .)