British man next to the Spanish ship with pair not at home getting son vegetables (8,7)
I believe the answer is:
brussels sprouts
'vegetables' is the definition.
(brussels sprout is a kind of vegetable)
'british man next to the spanish ship with pair not at home getting son' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'british' could be 'br' (abbreviation for British) and 'br' is located in the answer.
'man' could be 'r' (abbreviation for rook, a chess piece or 'man') and 'r' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
'spanish' could be 'sp' and 'sp' is located in the answer.
'ship' could be 'ss' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain) and 'ss' is found within the answer.
'not' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'son' could be 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son) and 's' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for brussels sprouts that I've seen before include "Vegetables" , "part of the traditional 27 [DINNER] - with 8a" , "greens" .)