“Delicately flavoured” identified as description for dips? (5-8)
I believe the answer is:
light-fingered
'delicately flavoured' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can occasionally mean the same thing.
'identified as description for dips?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'as' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for light-fingered that I've seen before include "Inclined to steal" , "Prone to steal" , "Liable to steal" , "Like a pickpocket" , "Having a propensity for stealing" .)