Food they bake badly at Birkenhead? (5)
I believe the answer is:
kebab
'food' is the definition.
(kebab is a kind of food)
'bake badly at birkenhead?' is the wordplay.
'badly' is an anagram indicator.
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'birkenhead?' becomes 'b' (head letter of 'birken').
'bake' anagrammed gives 'keba'.
'keba'+'b'='KEBAB'
'they' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kebab that I've seen before include "Food grilled on a skewer" , "Post-pub snack?" , "Cubes of meat on a skewer" , "Shish dish" , "Pieces of meat, vegetables etc cooked on skewer" .)