Hitmen fear somehow being under suspicion (2,3,5)
I believe the answer is:
in the frame
'under suspicion' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'hitmen fear somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'hitmen'+'fear'='hitmenfear'
'hitmenfear' anagrammed gives 'IN THE FRAME'.
'being' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for in the frame that I've seen before include "Wanted by police" , "expected to receive reward?" , "Like mounted picture" .)