Virginia gets allowance from wanderer (7)
I believe the answer is:
vagrant
'wanderer' is the definition.
(vagrant is a kind of wanderer)
'virginia gets allowance' is the wordplay.
'virginia' becomes 'va' (US state abbreviation).
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'allowance' becomes 'grant' (I've seen this before).
'va'+'grant'='VAGRANT'
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for vagrant that I've seen before include "One who has no home" , "Bum" , "Rough sleeper" , "One with no fixed abode" , "Hobo" .)