Cold royal is getting soft fried potato slice (5)
I believe the answer is:
crisp
'fried potato slice' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'cold royal is getting soft' is the wordplay.
'cold' becomes 'c' (abbreviation, eg on taps).
'royal' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'soft' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation for 'piano').
'c'+'r'+'is'+'p'='CRISP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for crisp that I've seen before include "brief" , "Firm and fresh or easily crumbled" , "Firm ,dry, brittle" , "Fresh < , cold" , "No-nonsense" .)