Food of a kind that's bad for a beginner? (5)
I believe the answer is:
offal
'food of a kind' is the definition.
'offal' can be an answer for 'food' (offal is a kind of food). I am unsure of the 'of a kind' bit.
'bad for a beginner?' is the wordplay.
'bad' becomes 'off' (eg meat that's gone off is bad).
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'beginner?' becomes 'L' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'off'+'a'+'l'='OFFAL'
'that's' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for offal that I've seen before include "Butcher's stock" , "Less edible parts of animal, entrails and organs" , "Liver, kidneys etc - rubbish" , "Less valuable edible parts of animal" , "Carrion" .)