Calculate worth of odd items to eat perhaps (8)
I believe the answer is:
estimate
'calculate worth' is the definition.
'estimate' can be an answer for 'calculate' (estimating is a kind of calculating). I am not sure about the 'worth' bit.
'odd items to eat perhaps' is the wordplay.
'odd' is an anagram indicator.
'to' says to put letters next to each other.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'items' is an anagram of 'estim'.
'eat' with letters rearranged gives 'ate'.
'estim'+'ate'='ESTIMATE'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for estimate that I've seen before include "Believe" , "Judge the approximate value" , "Form opinion of - tea times (anag)" , "Reckon, guess" , "approximate price" .)