Music and food at football matches? (7)
I believe the answer is:
fanfare
'matches?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'music and food at football' is the wordplay.
'music' becomes 'a'.
'and' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and').
'food' becomes 'fare' (fare is a kind of food).
'at' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'football' becomes 'f' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'a'+'n'+'fare'='anfare'
'anfare' after 'f' is 'FANFARE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fanfare that I've seen before include "Naff era (anag)" , "Enthusiastic display" , "A ceremonial blast of trumpets" , "Ceremonial trumpet flourish" , "Musical flourish" .)