Troublemaker disposed to linger about May 1st (7)
I believe the answer is:
gremlin
'troublemaker' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'linger about may 1st' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'may 1st' becomes 'm' (1st letter of 'may').
'linger' mixed up with 'm' can make 'GREMLIN'.
'disposed to' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gremlin that I've seen before include "Troublemaking goblin" , "In the works, it upsets things" , "Cause of technical fault" , "mischievous type" , "Bug (in engine)" .)