Hack meets the French outsiders in Romandy - it's usual to dine with them (7)
I believe the answer is:
cutlery
'usual to dine with them' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'hack meets the french outsiders in romandy' is the wordplay.
'hack meets' becomes 'cut' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'the french' becomes 'le'.
'outsiders in' suggests removing the centre.
'romandy' with its centre taken out is 'ry'.
'cut'+'le'+'ry'='CUTLERY'
'it's' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cutlery that I've seen before include "Eating irons" , "Eating implements" , "Knives, forks and spoons" , "Knives, forks, etc" , "Eating utensils" .)