Slices of meat appearing within seconds (7)
I believe the answer is:
slivers
'slices' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both natural objects as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'meat appearing within seconds' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'meat' could be 'liver' (liver is a kind of meat) and 'liver' is present in the answer.
'seconds' could be 'ss' (an abbreviation for seconds written twice) and 'ss' is found in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for slivers that I've seen before include "Bits" , "Thin strips of wood or glass" .)