Much food and drink, but not a place to sit (9)
I believe the answer is:
banquette
'to sit' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'much food and drink but not a' is the wordplay.
'much food' becomes 'banquet' (banquet is a kind of food. I am not sure about the 'much' bit.).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'drink' becomes 'tea' (tea is a drink).
'but not' is a deletion indicator.
'tea' with 'a' taken out is 'te'.
'banquet'+'te'='BANQUETTE'
'place' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for banquette that I've seen before include "seat for diners" , "Somewhere to sit" , "Seated here at dinner" , "Upholstered wall bench" .)