Cockney eyes little pastries (5,4)
'pastries' is the definition.
(mince pie is a kind of pastry)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
'cockney eyes' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'little pastries' is the wordplay.
'little' becomes 'mince' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'pastries' becomes 'pies' (pie is a kind of pastry).
'mince'+'pies'='MINCEPIES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mincepies that I've seen before include "Tasty cakes with spice in 'em" , "Tasty Christmas pastries with spice in 'em" , "Tasty tarts with spice in 'em" .)