Stayed home for dinner (5)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">stayed home for dinner</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ate in that I've seen before include "Went to restaurant? Not" , "Dined at home" , "Had something at home" .)