Meat and food sent up before queen -- fast food (9)
I believe the answer is:
hamburger
'fast food' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'meat and food' is the wordplay.
'meat' becomes 'ham' (ham is a kind of meat).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'food' becomes 'burger' (I have seen 'fast food' mean 'burger' so perhaps 'food' could also mean 'burger').
'ham'+'burger'='HAMBURGER'
'sent up before queen' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hamburger that I've seen before include "Beef dish from German city" , "Citizen of Europe" , "Fried cake of minced beef served on a bun" , "Fast-food item" , "Item of fast food" .)