He and Al make a meaty combination (3)
I believe the answer is:
hal
'he' is the definition.
'al make a meaty combination' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'al' is within the answer.
A single letter 'h' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hal that I've seen before include "future Henry V" , "Falstaff's prince (H.IV)" , "royal prince" , "Bluff Prince" , "Shakespeare's prince" .)