Brief skirmish during argument about meals (9)
I believe the answer is:
omelettes
'meals' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'brief skirmish during argument about' is the wordplay.
'brief skirmish' becomes 'elem' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'during' indicates putting letters inside.
'argument' becomes 'set to' (set-to can mean a fight or argument).
'about' says the letters should be written backwards.
'elem' put into 'setto' is 'settelemo'.
'settelemo' reversed gives 'OMELETTES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for omelettes that I've seen before include "Dishes made with beaten eggs" , "They can't be made without breaking eggs" .)