Praise cast for acquiring favourite snack (9)
I believe the answer is:
appetiser
'snack' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'praise cast for acquiring favourite' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'favourite' could be 'pet' ('pet' can be a synonym of 'favourite') and 'pet' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'praise' is 'apiser' which is within the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for appetiser that I've seen before include "It's served before a meal" , "Hors d'oeuvre" , "bonne bouche?" , "dim sum?" , "Antipasto" .)