Ready to cook a starter of duck after lying down (7)
I believe the answer is:
aproned
'ready to cook' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'a starter of duck after lying down' is the wordplay.
'starter of' suggests taking the first letters.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'lying down' becomes 'prone' (I've seen this in another clue).
The first letter of 'duck' is 'd'.
'd' put after 'prone' is 'proned'.
'a'+'proned'='APRONED'
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