Clergyman eating new food that's expendable (6,6)
I believe the answer is:
cannon fodder
'clergyman' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'eating new food that's expendable' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'new' could be 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament) and 'n' is found in the answer.
'food' could be 'fodder' (fodder is a kind of food) and 'fodder' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'canon' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cannon fodder that I've seen before include "Troops regarded as expendable?" , "Soldiers sent to die" , "Soldiers regarded as expendable in battle" , "Soldiers considered expendable" , "circus performer to be fired?" .)