Pioneer butchery kept very quiet about sausage (9)
I believe the answer is:
pepperoni
'sausage' is the definition.
(I know that pepperoni is a type of sausage)
'pioneer butchery kept very quiet' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'quiet' could be 'pp' (music symbol for 'pianissimo') and 'pp' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'pioneer' is 'peeroni' which is within the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'about' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pepperoni that I've seen before include "meat product" , "Seasoned beef/pork sausage" , "Spicy snacks" , "Hard, spicy beef and pork sausage" , "spicy food" .)