Pass clergyman eating new vegetarian dish (9)
I believe the answer is:
colcannon
'vegetarian dish' is the definition.
'colcannon' can be an answer for 'dish' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'vegetarian' bit.
'pass clergyman eating new' is the wordplay.
'pass' becomes 'col' (col is a term for a mountain pass).
'clergyman' becomes 'canon' (canon is a kind of clergyman).
'eating' is an insertion indicator.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'canon' going around 'n' is 'cannon'.
'col'+'cannon'='COLCANNON'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for colcannon that I've seen before include "plate for Seamus?" , "Vegetarian dish for 19 [PADRAIC]" , "Food for Irish" , "fed to the Irish?" , "Traditional Irish dish of mashed potatoes and cabbage" .)