'Duck includes some hot and cold starters' (reluctant kitchen aid) (9)
I believe the answer is:
dishcloth
'kitchen aid' is the definition.
'duck includes some hot and cold starters reluctant' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates taking the first letters.
'hot' becomes 'sh' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'starters' says to take the initial letters.
'reluctant' becomes 'loth' (synonyms).
The initial letters of 'duck includes' is 'di'.
The first letter of 'cold' is 'c'.
'di'+'sh'+'c'+'loth'='DISHCLOTH'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dishcloth that I've seen before include "It's used in washing up" , "washer-up" , "cleaner" , "washing-up helper?" , "piece of material" .)