Ways to package doughnut affecting quality (6)
I believe the answer is:
pathos
'quality' is the definition.
(I know that pathos is a type of quality)
'ways to package doughnut affecting' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'doughnut' could be 'o' (letter resembling a doughnut) and 'o' is present in the answer.
'ways' could be 'paths' (path is a kind of way) and 'paths' is found within the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pathos that I've seen before include "Quality eliciting pity and sympathy" , "cause for pity" , "Quality with power to provoke pity or sadness" , "Hot spa (anag) - sadness" , "Pitifulness" .)