Hotel before noon provides meat (3)
I believe the answer is:
ham
'meat' is the definition.
(ham is a kind of meat)
'hotel before noon' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'before noon' becomes 'am' (as in AM on a clock).
'h'+'am'='HAM'
'provides' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for ham that I've seen before include "Bad actor; Noah son" , "One of Noah's sons" , "Food" , "Overacting pig?" , "Meat of the hog" .)