Salted meat for artist (5)
I believe the answer is:
bacon
This clue could be a double definition.
'salted meat' is the first definition.
'bacon' can be an answer for 'meat' (bacon is a kind of meat). I'm not sure about the 'salted' bit.
'artist' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bacon that I've seen before include "Breakfast food" , "friar" , "Thin slices of pig" , "Meat in rashers" , "Shakespeare's ghost, some say" .)