Regressive US city removes latitude for green growth (5)
I believe the answer is:
salad
'green growth' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'regressive us city removes latitude' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'city' could be 'la' (Los Angeles) and 'la' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sad' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for salad that I've seen before include "Cold dish of various vegetables," , "Curve" , "Food dish" , "See 22" , "Mainly raw cold dish" .)