At home when the chaps came round, prepared food (7)
I believe the answer is:
spinach
'food' is the definition.
(spinach is a kind of food)
'at home when the chaps came round prepared' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'at' could be 'in' (synonymous in some cases - eg at school, in school) and 'in' is located in the answer.
'home' could be 'h' (abbreviation as used in sports fixtures) and 'h' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spinach that I've seen before include "food" , "Vegetable, source of iron" , "something to eat" , "Leaf vegetable" , "Blackboard stand" .)