Greedily eating suet pudding? Nothing French in that! (8)
I believe the answer is:
esurient
'in that' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'greedily eating suet pudding? nothing french' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'french' could be 'sur' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'sur' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for esurient that I've seen before include "Hungry; retinues (anag.)" , "Rapacious" , "Greedy; ensure it (anag.)" , "could eat a horse" , "Hungry, greedy" .)