For the dog and myself, getting in food (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
chow mein
'for' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'dog and myself getting in food' is the wordplay.
'dog' becomes 'chow' (short for chow chow).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'myself' becomes 'I'.
'getting in' indicates putting letters inside.
'food' becomes 'men' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'i' going inside 'men' is 'mein'.
'chow'+'mein'='CHOW-MEIN'
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chow mein that I've seen before include "Chinese-style dish of shredded meat(s) and fried noodles" , "Chinese dish of noodles, meat and veg" , "Chinese/US noodle dish" , "Chinese noodle dish" , "Hi cowmen, fancy a Chinese dish?" .)