Meal with starters for the English academy (3)
I believe the answer is:
tea
'meal' is the definition.
(tea is a type of meal)
'starters for the english academy' is the wordplay.
'starters for' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'the english academy' is 'TEA'.
'with' is the link.
(Other definitions for tea that I've seen before include "- - for Two (song)" , "Popular beverage brewed at home" , "grass" , "Shrub; drink" , "Char" .)