Caught strange bishop having little food (5)
I believe the answer is:
crumb
'little food' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'caught strange bishop' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'strange' becomes 'rum' (similar in meaning).
'bishop' becomes 'B' (abbreviation for bishop in chess).
'c'+'rum'+'b'='CRUMB'
'having' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for crumb that I've seen before include "Small piece of e.g. bread or cake" , "Just a little bit" , "offering a little comfort" , "tiny amount" , "Small bit (of comfort?)" .)