Dietary requisite from celebrity chef, half-cut (6)
I believe the answer is:
starch
'dietary requisite' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'celebrity chef half-cut' is the wordplay.
'celebrity' becomes 'star' (I've seen this before).
'half cut' means to take half the letters.
'chef' with half the letters taken is 'ch'.
'star'+'ch'='STARCH'
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for starch that I've seen before include "Stiffening carbohydrate" , "Formality - makes things stiff" , "Stiffener in the laundry" , "Carbohydrate; stiffener" , "Stiffening agent" .)