Maid spanked: time to confess (5)
I believe the answer is:
admit
'confess' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'maid spanked time' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'maid' is 'admi' which is within the answer.
'time' could be 't' (abbreviation) and 't' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for admit that I've seen before include "Recognise" , "permit to come in" , "Confess and permit entrance" , "Provide student with place" , "Reveal" .)