Song identifying salad items one's merely heard (12)
I believe the answer is:
greensleeves
'song' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'salad items one's merely heard' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'salad' could be 'green' (green salad is a kind of salad) and 'green' is located in the answer.
'heard' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'identifying' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for greensleeves that I've seen before include ""My lady" of old folk song" , "(Lady in) old English song" , "English folk song (not composed by Henry VIII!)" , "Old air" , "that might be noticed when lying on the lawn" .)