Dart gets cry of pain on arrival (5)
I believe the answer is:
arrow
'dart' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'cry of pain on arrival' is the wordplay.
'cry of pain' becomes 'ow' (I've seen this in other clues).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'arrival' becomes 'arr' (abbreviation used in transport).
'ow' put after 'arr' is 'ARROW'.
'gets' is the link.
(Other definitions for arrow that I've seen before include "Narrow missile" , "Dart; pointer" , "Pointed projectile" , "Archer's missile" , "Missile in a quiver" .)