Dye can dry badly, leading to fuss (3,3,3)
I believe the answer is:
hue and cry
'fuss' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'dye can dry badly leading' is the wordplay.
'dye' becomes 'hue' (huing is a kind of dyeing).
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'leading' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'can'+'dry'='candry'
'candry' is an anagram of 'andcry'.
'hue'+'andcry'='HUE AND CRY'
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for hue and cry that I've seen before include "Loud public clamour" , "furore" , "Loud clamour - pursuit of criminal" , "Fuss" , "Public outcry" .)