Awful do-nothing leaving hostelry with meat on a roll (6)
I believe the answer is:
hotdog
'meat on a roll' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'awful do-nothing leaving hostelry' is the wordplay.
'awful' indicates anagramming the letters.
'leaving' suggests deleting specific letters.
'hostelry' becomes 'inn' (synonyms).
'do'+'nothing'='donothing'
'donothing' with 'inn' taken away is 'doothg'.
'doothg' anagrammed gives 'HOTDOG'.
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hotdog that I've seen before include "Food served at arena" , "snack" , "junk food" .)