Ask for food and drink on stage (7)
I believe the answer is:
rostrum
'stage' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'ask for food and drink' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'ask' could be 'o' and 'o' is present in the answer.
'food' could be 'rum' (rum is a kind of food) and 'rum' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'on' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rostrum that I've seen before include "Podium" , "Platform for public speakers" , "Platform for public speaking" , "Platform for speaker" , "place for speaker" .)