Serves us canapés in skillets (9)
I believe the answer is:
saucepans
'skillets' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'serves us canapes' is the wordplay.
'serves' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'served' mean this).
'us'+'canapes'='uscanapes'
'uscanapes' is an anagram of 'SAUCEPANS'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for saucepans that I've seen before include "Cooking pots" , "Cooking vessels" .)