Daydreaming, put first of Cornish pasties in a stew (8)
I believe the answer is:
escapist
'daydreaming put' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'first of cornish pasties in a stew' is the wordplay.
'first of' indicates taking the first letters.
'in a stew' indicates anagramming the letters.
The initial letter of 'cornish' is 'c'.
'c'+'pasties'='cpasties'
'cpasties' is an anagram of 'ESCAPIST'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for escapist that I've seen before include "My interest is not of this world" , "One avoiding reality" , "I fantasise" , "One who lives in dreamland, a fantasist" , "One who tries to avoid the harsh world" .)