Sandwich consumed after pitcher put down (9)
I believe the answer is:
subjugate
'put down' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'sandwich consumed after pitcher' is the wordplay.
'sandwich' becomes 'sub' (sub is a kind of sandwich).
'consumed' becomes 'ate' (to eat is to consume food).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'pitcher' becomes 'jug' (I've seen this before).
'ate' put after 'jug' is 'jugate'.
'sub'+'jugate'='SUBJUGATE'
(Other definitions for subjugate that I've seen before include "Crush" , "Gain mastery over" , "Bring under domination" , "cow" , "Master" .)