In working order, frankly abandoning a life of crime (5,8)
I believe the answer is:
going straight
'in' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'working order frankly abandoning a life of crime' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'working' could be 'going' (working can mean going or activated) and 'going' is found in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for going straight that I've seen before include "Giving up criminal activities" , "avoiding bird" , "Crow should be" .)