Try to get awful dinosaur to leave studio apartment (7)
I believe the answer is:
attempt
'try to' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'awful dinosaur to leave studio apartment' is the wordplay.
'awful' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to leave' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'studio'+'apartment'='studioapartment'
'studioapartment' with 'dinosaur' taken away is 'tpatmet'.
'tpatmet' with letters rearranged gives 'ATTEMPT'.
'get' is the link.
(Other definitions for attempt that I've seen before include "Stab" , "Tackle" , "Undertake" , "Try to climb (a peak)" , "Effort; go" .)