Thick slice of bread (8)
I believe the answer is:
doorstep
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">thick slice of bread</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(term for a large or thick slice of bread)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for doorstep that I've seen before include "To conduct house-to-house interviews" , "Go from house to house" , "substantial amount of bread" , "sliced bread" , "big piece of bread" .)