Detract from a meal that’s not home cooked (8)
I believe the answer is:
takeaway
'cooked' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'detract from a meal that's not home' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
'not home' could be 'away' ('away' is the opposite to 'home') and 'away' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for takeaway that I've seen before include "Food to go" , "Remove - portable meals" , "may be Chinese" , "Remove - portable food" , "Type of meal" .)