Clerk to Scrooge not right to be punished (5,2)
I believe the answer is:
catch it
'clerk' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for catch it that I've seen before include "be scolded" , "Get in trouble" .)