Crossing street, fork out for meat and veg pie (5)
I believe the answer is:
pasty
'meat and veg pie' is the definition.
(type of baked good)
'crossing street fork out' is the wordplay.
'crossing' is an insertion indicator (to cross can mean to go over or around).
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'fork out' becomes 'pay' (to fork out for something is to pay for it).
'st' going inside 'pay' is 'PASTY'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for pasty that I've seen before include "Savoury turnover" , "Far from healthy-looking" , "Pallid" , "Cornish pie" , "food?" .)