Fancy starter of unusual pté enjoyed with relish? (3,2)
I believe the answer is:
ate up
'enjoyed with relish?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'fancy starter of unusual pte' is the wordplay.
'fancy' becomes 'ate' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'starter of' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letters of 'unusual pte' is 'up'.
'ate'+'up'='ATE UP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ate up that I've seen before include "Absorbed" , "Squandered" , "preoccupied" .)