Fruity snack for short hike up north (6)
I believe the answer is:
raisin
'fruity snack' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'short hike up north' is the wordplay.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'hike' becomes 'raise' ('raise' can be a synonym of 'hike').
'up north' becomes 'in' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'raise' with its last letter removed is 'rais'.
'rais'+'in'='RAISIN'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for raisin that I've seen before include "fruit product" , "Somewhat dry fruit" , "Fruit for the Christmas cake" , "A dried grape used in cake" , "Partially dried grape" .)