Secure and hand round the food (7)
I believe the answer is:
pasties
'secure and hand round the food' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'secure and hand' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'secure' could be 'tie' (tying is a kind of securing) and 'tie' is found in the answer.
'hand' could be 'pass' (synonyms) and 'pass' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for pasties that I've seen is " Food associated with Cornwall".)