Characteristic output from clay pit (7)
I believe the answer is:
typical
'characteristic' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'from clay pit' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates anagramming the letters (the anagram comes from the same letters).
'clay'+'pit'='claypit'
'claypit' is an anagram of 'TYPICAL'.
'output' is the link.
This may not be correct. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for typical that I've seen before include "Representitive, quintessential" , "Characteristic of a particular person or thing" , "Archetypal" , "Representative of a class" , "Clay pit (anag)" .)