Avoid eating left over, thin piece of meat (8)
I believe the answer is:
escalope
'thin piece of meat' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'avoid eating left over' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'left' could be 'l' (common abbreviation) and 'l' is located in the answer.
'over' could be 'o' (cricket abbreviation) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'avoid' could be 'escape' (escaping is a kind of avoiding) and 'escape' is found in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for escalope that I've seen before include "Cut of meat" , "food" , "Thin slice of boneless meat" , "F" , "Thin slice of boneless veal" .)