Dirty plate where our food's served, lacking time? (13)
I believe the answer is:
dishonourable
'dirty' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'plate where our food's served lacking time?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'plate' could be 'dish' (type of plate) and 'dish' is found within the answer.
'lacking' could be 'no' (eg lacking money means with no money) and 'no' is present in the answer.
'food' could be 'e' (E is an example) and 'e' is present 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 dishonourable that I've seen before include "Shameful" , "bringing disgrace" .)